Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-LEX-I-TER'IC
A-LEX-I-TER'IC, or A-LEX-I-TE'RI-ALAL'GA
A-LEX-I-TER'IC, n.
A medicine to resist the effects of poison, or the bite of venomous animals; nearly synonymous with alexipharmac. Used also by the Greeks for an amulet.
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