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A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1. We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. Jer. Taylor.

A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. Johnston.

er commodities. Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of the akin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.

ck, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.

aw, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. -- Poor man's treacle (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng] Dr. Prior. -- Poor man's weatherglass (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), which opens its blossoms only in…

ating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scumming of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] -- Rum shrub, a drink composed of rum,…

reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.

Like, or composed of, treacle.

See Treacle. [Obs.] Chaucer.