Assertion: treacle | /r/SimilarTo | medicine
Facets:
value: originally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Another explanation is that "treacle" meant 'a medicine', derived from the appearance of the Greek derivative 'theriacal' meaning medicinal (Greek theriake "curative", "antidote"), so the various healing wells around Britain were called "treacle wells".
text: The explanation I read that "treacle" originally meant medicine, so the various healing wells around Britain were called "treacle wells".