Middle English Dictionary Entry
dipping ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | dipping ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of dipping, immersing; (b) a piece of absorbent material saturated with a medicinal substance for local application.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)121 : Dyppynge yn lycore: Intinctio.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)42a/b : If it be not resoluede i. lousede, wiþ þise [ointments], hele ham wiþ medecynes þat makeþ to swete oute..To þe whiche dippynges [*Ch.(1): infusionz; L infusiones] and towgh ben ȝeuen heliche.