aliment

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In which sence the Friends of this Distinction say, that Chyle is the matter of Blood, and Blood that of a Humane Body, of all whose Parts ’tis presum’d to be the Aliment.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert

Under the head of Aliment the physiological properties of various foods have already been considered theoretically in respect of their capacity to supply physical waste in nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous matter.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

She was troubled with frequent Swoonings, and unaccountable Longings for certain sorts of Aliment.

From Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites by Jacob, Giles

Aliment, al′i-ment, n. nourishment: food: provision for maintenance, alimony: support.—v.t. to support, sustain: make provision for the maintenance of.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Aliment is thus given, where drink only was required; and the stomach, overloaded and oppressed, is apt to become irritable, and is thus brought into a condition most favourable to the occurrence of cholera.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin