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hiera picra
‖ hiera picra Pharmacy. (ˈhaɪərə ˈpɪkrə) [med.L., Gr. ἱερά (fem. of ἱερός sacred), a name given to many medicines in the Greek pharmacopœia + πικρά, fem. of πικρός bitter. The form in quot. 1400 is from OF. gerapigre.] A purgative drug composed of aloes and canella bark, sometimes mixed with honey a...
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hicra picra
hicra picra vulgar perversion of hiera picra.1857 Sat. Rev. III. 239/2 A drug known by a familiar name, hicra picra.
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Johann Michael Fehr
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Anchora sacra vel Scorzonera (1666)
Hiera picra seu analecta de absynthio (1667)
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picra
‖ picra Pharmacy. (ˈpɪkrə) [Short for hiera picra (Gr. πικρά bitter).] A bitter cathartic powder or paste: = hiera picra.1860 Bushnell in Life xxi. (1880) 439, I used to have a certain pride in taking picra without crying.
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jeropiga
jeropiga, -pigia var. geropiga, hiera picra.1852 Min. Evid. Import Duties on Wines, Sel. Committee Ho. Comm. 16 Jeropiga, of first-rate quality, is composed of two-thirds must or grape juice and one-third spirit.
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hyera
hyera obs. form of hiera, for hiera picra.c 1550 Lloyd Treas. Health (1585) C v, The infusion of hyera healeth the melancholike paynes of the head.
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higry pigry
higry pigry vulg. perversion of hiera picra.1773 Graves Spiritual Quixote viii. xix, Madam Wild-goose would send him some Higry pigry, which would stop it at once.
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hydragogal
† hydragogal, a. Obs. (haɪdrəˈgəʊgəl) [f. as hydragogue + -al1.] 1. = hydragogue a.1652 French Yorksh. Spa x. 91 Hiera picra, with Jollap, Mechoacan, or the like hydragogal medicaments. 2. Serving for the conveyance of water.1669 W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 311 Driving up the waters..by hydragogal syph...
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hickery-pickery
hickery-pickery vulgar perversion of hiera picra.1816 Scott Old Mort. viii, The leddy cured me wi' some hickery-pickery. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid 280 How to use hykerie pykerie and rue.
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