Lambative

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lambative \Lam"ba*tive\, a. [L. lambere to lick. See {Lambent}.]
     Taken by licking with the tongue. "Sirups and lambative
     medicines." --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lambative \Lam"ba*tive\, n.
     A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
     --Wiseman.
     [1913 Webster]