The remedilessness of this disease may be justly questioned

Boyle, Works, II. ii. 3. remedy (rem'e-di), n .; pl. remedies (-diz). [ remedie , * remedie , remede , F. remède = Pr. remedi , remeyi = Sp. Pg. It. remedio , remedium , a remedy, cure, re- , again, + mederi , heal: see medicine . Cf. remede .] 1. That which cures a disease; any medicine or application or proce which promotes restoration to health or alleviates the effects of disease: with for before the name of a disease. A cool well by, Growing a bath and healthful remedy For men diseased. Shak., Sonnets, cliv. When he [a scorpion] is hurt with one Poison, he seeks his Remedy with another. N. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 165. Colchicum with alkalis and other remedies for gout, such as a course of Fried rich shall or Carlsbad waters, will prove of great service. Quain , Med. Dict., p. 188. 2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; relief; redre ; reparation. For in holi writt thou made rede, "In helle is no remedie ." Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 50. Things without all remedy Should be without regard. Shak ., Macbeth, iii. 2. 11. 3. In law , the means given for obtaining through a court of justice any right or compensation or redre for a wrong.-4. In coin ing , a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and finene of coins: same as allowance1 , 7.- 5t. A course of action to bring about a certain result. Ye! nere it [were it not] that I wiste a remedye To come ageyn, right here I wolde dye.