a. and sb. Obs. rare. [f. L. amulēt-um (see prec.) + -IC, as if ad. L. *amulētic-us.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to amulets.
1775. in Ash.
B. sb. An amuletic medicine; one that was believed to operate by occult means, or otherwise than by its physical properties. Obs.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Amuletics are chiefly used of late times to stop bleedings. Digby’s sympathetic powder is one of the principal Amuletics in cases of hæmorrhages; and with many the ancora sacra.
