Middle English Dictionary Entry
euforbium, -ie, -e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | euforbium, -ie, -e n. |
| Etymology | L euphorbeum; OF euforbe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The gum resin euphorbium.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)37/8 : Gose smere anes sceallinges wyht and euforbeo swa micel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)103b/b : Som [laxatives] þorliþ humours wiþ scharpnesse, as euforbium.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)250/26 : Take herof x partijs euforbie [L euforbij].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)112b/b : In which be added a litel of euforbie [*Ch.(2): euforbe].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177b/b : Euforbium [*Ch.(2): euforbe] is a gumme.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)57/7 : Medicynes apertyuez of veynez, as bene scamonye, i.e. aloe and euforbium.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)66/14 : Of goummes þat are hate..Mirre, storax..euphorbe.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)361 : All ill humors myght be voyded..wyth oure Englysh cure, That wee shulde have no nede to skamonye, Turbit, euforbe.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)123 : Peper & oyle medlyd togydere with Euforbium.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)16/30 : Fixe þerinne þe 5 essence of þo laxatyues þat purgen flewme & viscous humouris, as a litil of euforbie, or turbit, or sambucy.
- a1500 Platearius CInstans (Cmb Ee.1.13)5/20 : Ayeyne euery kold sekenes, take asa fetida & petroil and melte hem togedre, and put þerto þe poudre of castor & of euforbium & of soufre-vyfe & wyth þis oynement annoynte hym.