medicina

2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy;
physic.
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By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. A philter or love potion. Obs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. m[ edecin.] A physician. Obs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. (a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
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The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he
dreamed during the long and solitary fast that
he observed at puberty. --F. H.
Giddings.
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(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
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6. Short for Medicine man. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. Slang [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them.

Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.

Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
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Medicine Med"i*cine, v. t. To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy;
to cure. ``Medicine thee to that sweet sleep. --Shak.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English