Definition of physic:

part of speech: noun

Medicine; the art of healing.

Common misspellings * :

• phycic(18%)
• physio(18%)
• phyic(12%)
• psysic(9%)
• pyshic(9%)
• psyic(6%)
• phsyic(6%)
• physice(6%)
• physoctic(3%)
• phsical(3%)
• physcic(3%)
• physco(3%)
• pysic(3%)
• physcho(3%)

Usage examples :

• She had tried hard to get him to go to bed at once, and take some physic, and his present costume and position was the compromise. "Tom Brown at Oxford", - Thomas Hughes.

• He followed what in Ireland for some years back has been as much a profession as law or physic, and occasionally a more lucrative line than either,- Patriotism. "The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly", - Charles James Lever.

• Takes a lot of your father's physic, Josh, to set him right. "Will of the Mill", - George Manville Fenn.

• The 18th of September there were given unto Master Standish, doctor in physic, and the rest of our men of our occupations, certain furred gowns of branched velvet and gold, and some of red damask, of which Master Doctor's gown was furred with sables, and the rest were furred, some with white ermine, and some with grey squirrel, and all faced and edged round about with black beaver. "The Discovery of Muscovy etc.", - Richard Hakluyt.