Citations:griper

English citations of griper

1. (pharmacology, obsolete) Medicine which produces a griping action in the intestines.
   • 1714, [Samuel Garth], “Canto III”, in The Dispensary. A Poem. […], 7th edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 28:

     VVith cold Solanum from the Pontick Shore, / The Roots of Mandrake and Black Ellebore, / The Griper Senna, and the Puker Rue, / The Svveetner Saſſafras are added too; […]