Middle English Dictionary Entry
escāre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | escāre n. Also escarth. |
| Etymology | L eschara, from Gr., & OF escare. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. scar.
1.
(a) The dry slough, or scab, produced by cautery or by corrosive preparations, eschar; (b) a scar.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64a/a : Be not hastied..þe fallyng of þe escare [*Ch.(2): escare i.e. scurfe]. Mony tymez..in fallyng away of escarez þe folweþ emorogie..þai commaunded þat þer be made a cauterie with fire..so þat þu make grosse escarez [*Ch.(2): escares i.e. scurfes or crustes] & profounde..Among medicenez cauterizatiuez preiseþ Thederic..arsenic sublimed for..it restreyneþ alle flux and it makeþ an escare [*Ch.(2): scurfe or curste] profounde & durable.
- c1425 *Saliceto [OD col.] (Sln 277)f.49 : Þe remeuynge of þe escara or cruste.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)28/42 : It corrodith ryght wele and levyth the escarþ and jff itt be leyd to oft tymes succesyuely in soch tyme when the escarþ is away hitt helyth ryght wele old cancry sores.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26a/b : Sanguine pusclez yuel and corrupt..bene al þo þat is þe brustyng out leueþ escare [*Ch.(2): attre; L escaram] formiculus..in his bristyng out..makeþ noȝt escare..Sich pustlez þat lefeþ escare..bene of sanguine grosse boilyng & putrefying.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)173b/b : Þat medicine, þe which resolueþ þat is sotile of þe humoures & of þe members leuinge þe cinereite of hem, gnaweþ þe flessche and brenneþ þe skynne and drieþ & hardenþ & makeþ ane escare.
Note: Supplementary material for sense (b).--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. eschar.