Hypertext Webster Gateway: "theriaca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Theriac \The"ri*ac\, Theriaca \The*ri"a*ca\, n. [L. theriaca an
antidote against the bite of serpents, Gr. ?: cf. F.
th['e]riaque. See {Treacle}.]
1. (Old Med.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious
against the effects of poison; especially, a certain
compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and
reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also
{theriaca Andromachi}, and {Venice treacle}.
2. Treacle; molasses. --British Pharm.
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