Electuary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A drug mixed with sugar and water or honey into a pasty mass suitable for oral administration.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or similar in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under confection.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pharmacy, a medicine composed of powders or other ingredients, incorporated with some conserve, honey, or syrup, originally made in a form to be licked by the patient.
    • Word Usage
    "“Very weakly, sir, since I took the electuary,” answered the patient; “it neighboured ill with the two spoonfuls of pease-porridge and the kirnmilk.”"
    Variant
    confection   
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