Appliance, cure, medicament: “to tender it and my a.” All's II, 1, 116. “with all --s and means to boot,” H4B III, 1, 29. “that's the a. only which your disease requires,” H8 I, 1, 124. “diseases desperate grown by desperate a. are relieved,” Hml. IV, 3, 10. “who was by good a. recovered,” Per. III, 2, 86. Figuratively: “thou art too noble to conserve a life in base --s,” Meas. III, 1, 89, i. e. to preserve thy life by base remedies, by base means.