Middle English Dictionary Entry
fōment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fōment n. |
| Etymology | L fōmentum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. A hot, medicinal substance applied to the outside of the body.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)80b/a : If þe matere is in þe grounde of þe stomak, we schal..vse fomentz [L fomentis], oynementis [L vngentis] þat beþ menelich hoote.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chartier Dial.F.&F.(Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.43)35/16 : Yf we haue dredful batayles let vs fyrst drede and hate the fomentes and noryschyng of batayles.
Note: New sense
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. foment.