Ptisan
ahd-5
noun.
A medicinal infusion, such as sweetened barley water.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A mild harmless drink, or one having a slight medicinal quality, as barley-water or herb-tea.
noun.
Grape-juice allowed to drain on the slab, without pressure.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.
noun.
An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinal agent; a tea or tisane.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Alternative spelling of
tisane
.
Word Usage
"A large cup of ptisan was presented by the page, which the sick man swallowed with eager and trembling haste."