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an alternate spelling of theriaca; an antidote to poison consisting typically of about seventy drugs pulverized and reduced with honey to an electuary, also called Venice treacle (N.B. an electuary is a medicine made by mixing drugs with honey or syrup to

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  • Only the other day I found in it theriac, meaning an old-fashioned antidote to venomous bites, which I deduced must exist for The Times jumbo crossword.
  • Gilchrist attended her shortly after with his little vial of theriac.
  • Canivet was about to administer some theriac, when they heard the cracking of a whip; all the windows rattled, and a post-chaise drawn by three horses abreast, up to...
  • And if someone has just asked for suggestions for the title of their latest book, or how pop-up books were made in the 1880s, or what were the ingredients of theriac a...
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