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ptisan definition

ptisan (tiz′ən, ti zan′)

noun

  1. a drink made by boiling down barley with water and other ingredients; barley water
  2. any similar decoction, as of herbs

Etymology: ME tysane < MFr tisane < VL tisana, for L ptisana, barley groats, drink made from barley groats < Gr ptisanē, peeled barley < ptissein, to peel < IE base *pis-, to crush > L pinsere, to beat, crush

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