Pl. linctuses. [a. L. linctus a licking, f. lingĕre to lick.] A medicine to be licked up with the tongue.
1681. trans. Willis’ Rem. Med. Wks., Vocab., Linctus, a medicine that is to be lick’d with the tongue.
1704. F. Fuller, Med. Gymn. (1718), 78. The Lozenge and Linctus are in every Bodies hand.
1741. Compl. Fam.-Piece, I. i. 2. Balsams, Linctus’s, Pectorals.
1749. Short Hist. Air, etc. I. 222. Slippery, thickening, Linctuses, were found of most Service.
1812. Crabbe, Flirtation, Wks. 1834, V. 276. I’ve heard of pangs that tender folks endure But not that linctuses and blisters cure.
