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CIDE DICTIONARY

orvietan

CIDE DICTIONARY

orvietann. [F. orviétan: cf. It. orvietano. So called because invented at Orvieto, in Italy.].
     A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue.  [1913 Webster]

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