† diˈamoron Pharm.
Also 5 diameron.
[L. diamorōn, a. Gr. διὰ µόρων ‘made from black mulberries.’]
A preparation of syrup and mulberry juice, used as a gargle for a sore throat.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 218 Þan make him a gargarisme wiþ a decoccioun..wiþ þe which be distemperid þerwiþ diameron. Ibid. 262 Þan þou muste make consumynge þingis as diameron & sappa michum. 1647 Ward Simp. Cobler 10 [It] will be found a farre better Diamoron for the Gargarismes this Age wants. |