Middle English Dictionary Entry
extensiǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | extensiǒun n. |
| Etymology | L extensiōn-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Stretching; (b) extending, straightening; (c) distension, swelling, bulging.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)101b/a : When þe thie is broken, strong extensioun or strecchyng is necessary.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.203 : Pictagoras..the firste fynder of musike, thro þe sownde of malles and extension [Trev.: strecchynge] of wyres other strynges.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)14a/a : In þe tyme of the extensioun & of plicacioun of þe arme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9b/b : Þe inflexion .i. bowyng..þe extension .i. strecching.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)98/8 : If þat greet multitude of blood lettiþ, þat may be knowen..bi reednesse & extencioun of þe face.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)37b/a : Rednez or blerernez of þe eien, extension & greuousnez in al þe body, most in þe heued, & oþer signez of blode.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)49a/b : Of wyndy or ventous extensioun, which is said priapismus.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)71/22 : Inflacion and ouer miche extension of emoroides.
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- ?c1400 Sloane SSecr.(Sln 213)11/40 : He þat has extencion [Lambeth: steepe-owt eghen], þat es to say strechynge oute o brode his eyghne..es wicked and gylusly waytynge.
Note: Modify gloss.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense (c).
Note: Gloss: (c) distention, swelling, or bulging of the body or a part of the body; protrusion of the eyes, exophthalmos.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)96/16 : Whos eyen ben extense with extencion of his chere, he is malicious and wiked.
Note: New sense: (d).
Note: Gloss: (d) elongation (of one's face).--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.28v (2.4) : By vryn white & þenne..vnderstond euermore principaly indigestioun & defaute of kynde hete, & also swich poyntz os be causede of hem, is [read: as] enclusioun of wynde in þe body; & extencioun, i. rachyng & bolnyng, in þe ypocondres.
Note: Additional quot. Editor's gloss: 'extension, stretching'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. extension.