philter

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Here, the chef, unseen, flips your chosen items in a wok with a philter of chile and spice.

From New York Times

The use of herbs as component parts of love philters and charms is a most ancient custom, and lingered into the nineteenth century in country communities.

From Project Gutenberg

The highest personages of the court resorted to the astrologers for horoscopes, charms, or philters.

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They were as oblivious of their peril as Tristan and Isolde in the spell of the love philter.

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The night was dark, the sentinels of the castle benumbed with a philter, the ladder already clung close to the window, and the champing steeds were pawing the ground not very far away.

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