"poisony" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1745, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, page 149",
          "text": "I also slit my Hand on the Back, and cupp'd it, and drew out a Quart or more of ugly poisony slimy Stuff. But my Arm swelled for all we could do: Then I got it tied so fast, that all Communication might be stopped with the Body […]",
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          "ref": "1834, “The” Quarterly Review, page 76",
          "text": "Never pale Envy's poisony heads do hiss To gnaw his heart : nor Vulture Avarice : His fields ' bounds bound his thoughts : he never sups, For nectar, poison mix'd in silver cups;[…]",
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          "ref": "2011, Mike Dorcas, Whit Gibbons, Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide, JHU Press",
          "text": "It had a sharp 'poisony' taste.” Because Cris attempted this experiment as a teenager and we are now colleagues of his, we are relatively certain that Cris has moved on to other forms of entertainment.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Darynda Jones, Eighth Grave After Dark: A Novel, St. Martin's Press",
          "text": "It tasted ... poisony. Turned out, I just didn't rinse well. So much for my theory that my landlord at the time was trying to kill me. He drew out his exhalation to make his point. A long, needless point.",
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          "ref": "2017, Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, Workman Publishing, page 80",
          "text": "Allsopp's was accused of supplementing hops in their brews with strychnine, a cheaper, more poisony alternative. The rumors were rampant enough that Henry Allsopp himself commissioned an independent report […]",
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        "Like or containing poison; poisonous."
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  "word": "poisony"
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          "ref": "1745, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, page 149",
          "text": "I also slit my Hand on the Back, and cupp'd it, and drew out a Quart or more of ugly poisony slimy Stuff. But my Arm swelled for all we could do: Then I got it tied so fast, that all Communication might be stopped with the Body […]",
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