antipestilentialadj.n.
Med.
A. adj.
Of use against the plague and similar epidemics.
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pestilentiala1475
pestifugous1684
antipestilential1722
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 36 Antipestilential Pills.
1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 202 Certain hot Spirits or Waters, dignified..with the Title of..Antipestilential.
B. n.
(sc. medicine).
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antipestilential1683
1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 104 Rare Antipestilentials, excellent Oyles, Liquors, etc.
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adj.n.1683- to pickle in one's own poke-nook
- to pickle in one's own pokenook
- to piddle away
- to piece down
- to piece in
- to piece on
- to piece out
- to piece together
- to piece up
- to pieces
- to pierce one's heart
- to pierce one's stomach
- to pierce the corporate veil
- to pig along
- to pig out
- to pike on the wind
- to pile arms
- to pile it on
- to pile on lugs
- to pile pelion upon ossa
- to pile up the rocks
- to pilgrim it
- to pilgrimage it
- to pilgrimize it
- to pill and poll