Orvietan(3 syl.) or Venice treacle, once believed to be a sovereign remedy against poison. From Orvieto, a city of Italy, where it is said to have been first used. “With these drugs will I, this very day, compound the true
orvietan.” — Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Orvietan from Infoplease:
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