‖ liquamen
(lɪˈkweɪmɛn)
[L. liquāmen a liquid mixture, f. liquāre: see liquate v.]
† a. A substance reduced to a liquid state. Also, the name of a kind of fish-sauce used by the ancient Romans; garum. Obs.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 827 And make liquamen castimoniall Of peres thus. 1672 Phil. Trans. VII. 5059 That Liquamen or softer pulp (which I took to be Bees-meat). 1770 Ibid. LXI. 343, I mixed..six drams of the putrid liquamen, with..this liquor. 1806 A. Hunter Culina (ed. 3) 60 The Romans had a raw salad..made savoury with liquamen, oil, and vinegar. The liquamen was something like our anchovy liquor. |
b. ‘A fluid for administering medicine’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889).