Category:Quacksalver

Quack"sal*ver, n. Etym: [d. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or Boast of one's salves. See quack, salve, n.]

Defn: one who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the Efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [obs.] Burton.