Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A medicine to be taken by licking or sucking; a substance of the consistence of honey, used for coughs, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Etymologies

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Latin lingere, linctum, to lick.

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