Gregory-powdern.

Forms: Also shortened Gregory.

Etymology: < the name of James Gregory, a Scottish physician (1758–1822).

The ‘compound powder of rhubarb’ (Pulvis rhei composita) of the British Pharmacopœia. Usually called Gregory's powder.

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oculus lucidusc1425

orris1545

orris powder?1600

Jesuits' powder1659

Gregory-powder1886

1850 H. Beasley Druggist's Gen. Receipt Bk. 163 Gregory's Powder.]

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/2 However beautifully the Gregory powder of morality is apparelled in the currant jelly of story and incident.

1897 A. D. Ramsay Everyday Life Turkey viii. 265 He made a face like a child at a dose of ‘Gregory’.

1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 606 She once forced me to swallow a gregory-powder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gregory-powder
释义	Gregory-powdern. Forms: Also shortened Gregory. Etymology: < the name of James Gregory, a Scottish physician (1758–1822). The ‘compound powder of rhubarb’ (Pulvis rhei composita) of the British Pharmacopœia. Usually called Gregory's powder. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > powder > [noun] > specific powders > prepared from plants oculus lucidusc1425 orris1545 orris powder?1600 Jesuits' powder1659 Gregory-powder1886 1850 H. Beasley Druggist's Gen. Receipt Bk. 163 Gregory's Powder.] 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/2 However beautifully the Gregory powder of morality is apparelled in the currant jelly of story and incident. 1897 A. D. Ramsay Everyday Life Turkey viii. 265 He made a face like a child at a dose of ‘Gregory’. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 606 She once forced me to swallow a gregory-powder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1886
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