caudle (n.) Old form(s): Candle
type of medicinal warm gruel, potion
2H6 IV.vii.83[Cade to Say] Ye shall have a hempen caudle [i.e. the medicine of the hangman's rope] [F4; F1 candle]
LLL IV.iii.172.1[Berowne to imaginary messenger] A caudle, ho! [Q1; F candle]
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