† aˈpothec Obs.
Also 6 oppatheke, -icke, 7 apothect(e.
[a. OFr. apotheque, apoteque shop, magazine; ad. L. apothēca, a. Gr. ἀποθήκη a store-house, f. ἀποτιθέ-ναι to lay away.]
A shop, store-house, or magazine; esp. for drugs. Also fig.
| 1591 Horsey Trav. (1857) 201 [He] comaunds the master of his oppathicke..to prepare and atend for his solace and bathinge. One sent..to the oppatheke for marigold and rose water. 1647 R. Baron Cyprian Acad. A ij b, In your lovely sex, as in the Apothecke or magasine of perfection. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 3 The Apothecary from the Apothectes or shop where his medicines are placed. |