oxymel
/ˈɒksɪmɛl/Now historical
noun
A medicinal drink or syrup made of vinegar and honey, sometimes with other ingredients.
- oxymel of squills noun oxymel made with bulbs of the squill, Drimia maritima..
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. From post-classical Latin oxymel, oxymelle, variants of classical Latin oxymeli mixture of vinegar and honey from ancient Greek ὀξύμελι from ὀξυ- + μέλι honey.
- frostily
- frostiness
- frosting
- frost lamp
- frostless
- frost line
- frost-mist
- frost-nail
- frostnip
- frostnipped
- frost piece
- frost pocket
- frost resistance
- frost-resistant
- frost rime
- frost ring
- frost riving
- Frost, Robert
- frost-sensitive
- frost smoke
- frost stat
- frost-tender
- frost thrust
- frost thrusting
- frost time