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ptisan

[ tiz-uhn, ti-zan ]

noun

  1. a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.


ptisan

/ ɪˈæ /

noun

  1. grape juice drained off without pressure
  2. a variant spelling of tisane
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ptisan1

1350–1400; < Latin ptisana < Greek پáŧ peeled barley, barley water; replacing Middle English tisane < French < Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ptisan1

C14: from Old French tisane, from Latin ptisana, from Greek پŧ barley groats
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Example Sentences

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A Ptisan of Liquorice Root only has sometimes answered better than any other.

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The same Method is to be continued on the following Days as on the first; but as it is of Importance to keep the Body open, he should take every Morning some of the Ptisan Nº.

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Whenever their Inflammation is very considerable; when there are a great many of them at once, and they prevent the Patients from sleeping, it becomes necessary to enter them into a cooling Regimen; to throw up some opening Glysters; and to make them drink plentifully of the Ptisan, Nº.

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I ordered him immediately to Stillness and Repose, and I advised him to drink a Ptisan of Barley sweetened with Honey, in a plentiful Quantity.

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The Humours ought to be diluted, and their Acrimony or Sharpness should be diminished, by a very plentiful Use of a Ptisan of 42 Burdock Roots Nº.

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