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treacle

n. பாகு, (பே-வ) இழுது சர்க்கரை, கூழ்வெல்லம், உருண்டைவெல்லம், மரவகைத் தீஞ்சாறு, நச்சுக்கடி மாற்று மருந்துவகை, நச்சுமாற்று மருந்துவகை, பசப்புக் ககர்ச்சி, பசப்புக் கவர்ச்சிப் பண்பு, (வினை) விட்டில்களைப் பிடிப்பதற்காக மரத்திற் பாகு தடவு, இன்பாகு பூசு, இன்பாகு பூசி மருந்து கொடு.


Trea"cle (tre"k'l), n. Etym: [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. thériaque (cf. Pr. triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. qhri`on a beast, a wild beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. Theriac.] 1. (Old Med.) Defn: A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1. We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. Jer. Taylor. 2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.] 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. Note: 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. Treacle mustard (Bot.), a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the E. cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac. -- Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. Nares. Venice treacle. (Old Med.) Same as Theriac, 1.


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