Middle English Dictionary Entry
aldaro(u)n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aldaro(u)n n. |
| Etymology | ML, prob. Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
bal (pelote) of aldaroun, trocisc (of) aldaroun, a kind of medicinal pellet or tablet of corrosive property.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)91a/a : If forsoþ þis auailed not, it is to be recoursed to trociscus of Aldaron & calidicon dissolued wiþ swete wyne or wiþ acete if þe passion be hard.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)174b/b : To þe same bene trociscz Aldaroun [*Ch.(2): pylottes of Alderon], þat bene seid Andromachiez. And þus þai ar made after Auicen..of rindes of granatez..of gallez..mirre..be þai puluered and confecte wiþ swete wyne And..made trociscz.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)32b/a : When corrosioun and vlceracioun apperen openly..putte vppon þe byle balles of Aldaroun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ball of aldaron.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. trochisk aldoron.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. trochisk of aldaron.