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plural masticatories
(chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva. quotations examples
Sneezing, masticatories, and nasals are generally received.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection iv
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Of, or relating to mastication. examples
Used for chewing. examples