Definition of "calmant" []

• A quieting medicine or other therapeutic agent. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The berries are known as a calmant, easing breathing and heart rate."
• "But her cherry-water was a pleasant and safe calmant, and she knew exactly how much to take."
• "Four years had come and gone since Mr. Dundas had laid his second wife in the grave beside his first, and the county had discussed the immorality of taking cherry-water as a calmant."