What is that which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon called?
preservative — That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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