trochisk
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French trochisque.
Noun
[edit]trochisk (plural trochisks)
- (obsolete) A trochiscus.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “X. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- There would be trochisk likewise made of snakes ; whose flesh dried is thought to have a very opening and cordial virtue
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trochisk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)