in medicine, a remedy for rubbing the teeth, and purging them from fowes; and for cleansing and abisterging the gums, when replete with humours. There are dentifices of various kinds and forms; some in form of a powder composed of corals, pumice-stone, salt, allum, egg-shells, crabs-claws, hawthorn, &c. others in form of an electuary, consisting of the same powders mixt up with honey; others are in form of a liquor drawn by distillations from drying herbs, and altringent medicines, &c.