aperient
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It is more aperient and less nutritive than red wine.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot
The above aperient may then be ventured on with safety.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
A question which is frequently asked is as to the desirability or otherwise of giving a toy bitch worm medicine, or an aperient, while she is in pup or just before her babies arrive.
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams
Used as an aperient for sheep, in constipation.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
It is much safer than any known cathartic, and, given in doses of two drachms, in hot water, combined with a small quantity of ginger, it forms a useful aperient and alterative.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
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