Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali.
Arbuthnot.
2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.
Cor*rect"ive, n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.