a. Obs. rare. [ad. Gr. ἐπικεραστικός, f. ἐπικεραννύναι to temper, f. ἐπί + κεραννύναι to mix.] Tempering the acrimony of the humours; emollient. Also as sb. in pl.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VI. 232/1. An epicerastick Vomit may be made of Chicken-broth [etc.]. Ibid., IX. 317/2. But the Vomits must be very gentle and epicerastick, as Warm-water, Barley-water, &c.
1721–1800. Bailey, Epicerasticks.
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
