Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒucen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dǒucen v. |
| Etymology | From dǒuce adj.; also cp. OF adoucir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cook. To sweeten (sth.).
Associated quotations
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.7 : With sugur candy þou may hit dowce.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.43 : In grete lordys house, With sugur or hony þou may hit dowce.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)81 : Put ther to sugur till they [pears] be douced as ye think best.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)99 : Dice the braun smalle and put yt in a pot; put ther to sugur and salt..and let it be douced.