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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELETERY

a.Destructive; poisonous.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DELETERY

Del "e *ter *y, a. Etym: [LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère. ]

 

Defn: Destructive; poisonous. [Obs. ] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.

 

DELETERY

DELETERY Del "e *ter *y, n.

 

Defn: That which destroys. [Obs. ] They [the Scriptures ] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor.