philtre

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of philter (“kind of potion”).

   “[…] Bring hippomanes, / Fierce philtre from the frantic, brooding mare!”

   “What wine, what drug, what philtre known of man / Will drown this ancient foe, / Ruthless and ravenous as a courtesan, / Sure as an ant, and slow?”

   “Old witches in the cities and country-side throve upon the sale of death spells and love philtres. They also made a trade of abortificants, and frequently practised the whiles of the procuress.”

   “In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.”

verb

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of philter.