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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
apothecary
    n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
         dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist,
         apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Apothecary \A*poth"e*ca*ry\, n.; pl. Apothecaries. [OE.
   apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse,
   Gr. apo, fr. ? to put away; ? from + ? to put: cf. F.
   apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis.]
   1. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for
      medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class
         of practitioners, licensed to prescribe medicine -- a
         kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the
         ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs
         and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in
         England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold.
      [PJC]

   Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which
      medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound
      and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only
      in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8
      drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Apothecary
   rendered in the margin and the Revised Version "perfumer," in
   Ex. 30:25; 37:29; Eccl. 10:1. The holy oils and ointments were
   prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The
   feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered
   "confectionaries" in 1 Sam. 8:13.
   

4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
APOTHECARY, n.  The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor
and grave worm's provider.

    When Jove sent blessings to all men that are,
    And Mercury conveyed them in a jar,
    That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth
    Disease for the apothecary's health,
    Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim:
    "My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!"
                                                                  G.J.


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