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Treacle (medicine) and ness(2) (iou)


Treacle (medicine)


treacle


1. <medicine> A remedy against poison. See Theriac. "We kill the viper, and make treacle of him." (Jer. Taylor)

2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. "Christ which is to every harm treacle." (Chaucer).

3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

In the United States molasses is the common name; in England, treacle.

4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain Vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

<botany> Treacle mustard Same as Theriac.

Origin: OE. Triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. Triacle, F. Theriaque (cf. Pr. Triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. Triaca, teriaca), L. Theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr, fr. Of wild or venomous beasts, fr. Qhrion a beast, a wild beast, dim. Of qhr a beast. Cf. Theriac.

Source: Websters Dictionary


ness(2) (iou)



ness noun.

A promontory, a headland, a cape.