Orvietan

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

  Orvietan \Or`vi*e"tan\, n. [F. orvi['e]tan: cf. It. orvietano.
     So called because invented at Orvieto, in Italy.]
     A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in
     vogue. [Obs.]
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