† meˈdicinary, a. Obs.
[f. medicine n. + -ary.]
Possessing healing properties.
| 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass 3 The wise Physitians medicinary prescript. 1638 Anat. Woman's tongue in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 187 Among these weeds, to supply men's wants, There grew some medicinary plants. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 664 Medicinary Oyls are neither all, nor alwayes elicited out of Plants. |