Middle English Dictionary Entry
fābe n.
Entry Info
Forms | fābe n. |
Etymology | L faba. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bean.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)36a/b : It [cancer] bigynneþ..after quantite of a cheche or of a fabe .i. bene.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41a/b : Procede þay..to soupyng of farinam of fabez.
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