† medicinaryn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
1. Medical skill or practice. Also: medical treatment.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun]
leechcraftc888
lechningc1000
leechingc1000
physicc1385
cure1393
medication?a1425
medicament?a1525
medicinary1538
managery1597
treatment1744
therapy1846
therapeusis1853
medicamentation1885
magneto-therapy1889
the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun]
practice1421
medicinary1538
doctorship1640
doctoring1682
1538 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 399/2 To use medecynery, potingary, surrurgeanirye.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. 48 He inhibit..that ony man exerce the art of medicinary.
1594 in Misc. 3rd Spalding Club (1940) II. 29 For passing forth of the realme for obteining of help of medecinerie to his heavie diseasis.
2. A medical practitioner, a doctor.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun]
physician?c1225
leecherc1374
practiserc1387
doctora1400
flesh-leecha1400
leechman14..
mediciner?a1425
miria1425
M.D.1425
medicine?c1450
practitioner?1543
minister1559
doc1563
artist1565
medicus1570
medicianera1578
Aesculapius1586
Dra1593
pisspot1592
medician1597
physicianer1598
medicinary1599
pisspot1600
velvet-cap1602
healer1611
Galena1616
physiner1616
clyster1621
clyster-pipe1622
hakim1623
medic1625
practicant1630
medico1647
physicker1649
physicster1689
Aesculapian1694
nim-gimmer1699
pill-monger1706
medical man1784
meester1812
medical1823
pill-gilder1824
therapeutist1830
pill1835
pill roller1843
med1851
pill-peddler1855
therapeutic1858
squirt1859
medicine man1866
pill pusher1879
therapist1886
doser1888
internist1894
pill-shooter1911
whitecoat1911
quack1919
vet1925
1599 in J. B. Tennent Rec. Incorporation Glasgow Barbers (1899) 11 [To practise medicine only] at the leave of oure..chief medicinarie.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† medicinaryadj.
Obsolete.
Possessing healing properties.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]
medicinala1384
wholesomea1387
healinga1398
medicinablea1398
restorativea1398
sanative14..
curatory?a1425
remediable1437
mildlya1475
curable1483
recurablea1500
curative1525
eradicative1543
good1580
physical1580
medicable1590
sanable1598
balsamic1605
therapeutical1606
medicinary1607
medicative1644
medical1646
therapeutic1646
salutary1649
salvative1653
boethetic1656
medicamentary1656
recuperatory1656
sanitating1656
medicamental1657
medicamentous1659
medicating1705
balmy1747
salving1751
sanatorya1832
salubrious1855
medicatory1864
recuperative1872
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 3 The wise Physitians medicinary prescript.
1638 Anat. Womans Tongue in Harleian Misc. (1809) IV. 274 Among these weeds, to supply men's wants, There grew some medicinary plants.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Nnnn4v Medicinary Oyls are neither all, nor alwayes elicited out of Plants.
a1727 W. Pattison Cupid's Metamorph. (1728) 32 God administred Relief; Inspir'd each wise, medicinary Power, To sooth my Sorrows, and my Soul restore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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