Middle English Dictionary Entry
echīn(us n.
Entry Info
| Forms | echīn(us n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A sea urchin; specif., the common European edible species (Echinus esculenta). In quot. c1450 confused with the remora.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.8.20 : Scharpe fyssches that hyghten echynnys.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.404 : Echinus erchon fisshe is, as y gesse.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)13.52 : Echynys flesh with saltis condyment Be cured.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.161 : Of tendre fische or scharp..Of halue a foote þat men eschinus [vr. eschinis] calle, Þat letten so þe schippes for to saile.