Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHLEG-MA-GOGUE
PHLEG-MA-GOGUE, n. [phleg'magog; Gr. φλεγμα, phlegm, and αγω, to drive.]
A term anciently used to denote a medicine supposed to possess the property of expelling phlegm. [Obs.] – Encyc. Floyer.
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