Middle English Dictionary Entry
crasie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crasie n. Also crase. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. eucrasia.
1.
A combination of qualities or of humors; of persons: physiological condition, complexion, constitution; of air: state, condition.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)52a/a : To hurtyng of þe brayne folweþ hurtyng..of þe membrz respiratyue..of which þe eucrasia i. gode crase [*Ch.(2): þe good complexioun] of þe hert is corrupt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)61a/a : It shale bihoue for to biholde with þe crasie [L crasim; *Ch.(2): þe disposicioun] of þe aier contenyng vs.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)61a/b : When þe crase [L crasis; *Ch.(2): gode complexioun] of þe pacient is more moiste þan is semyng.