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‖ baˈsilicon, -um
[L. basilicum, Gr. βασιλικόν (sc. ϕάρµακον drug, plaster), neut. of adj. basilicus, βασιλικός, royal.]
Name given to several ointments supposed to possess ‘sovereign’ virtues.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Formul. T j, The fourth fourme is the great basilicon that is praysed ouer all, and is called tetrafarmacum. 1659Culpepper Pharm. Lond. 298 Basilicon, the greater. Take of white Wax, Pine Rozin, Heifers suet, etc. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. xxvii. 96 He had stepped down for lint and basilicon. 1782Schotte in Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 88 A pledget of basilicum was put over it.
¶ See also basil n.1 |