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 bylicking with thetongue .
Etymologies
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Latin lingere, linctum, to lick.
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