Middle English Dictionary Entry
fōmenten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | fōmenten v. |
| Etymology | L fōmentāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. To apply hot, medicinal liquids or semi-solids to (a bodily organ, a swelling, etc.), foment; -- also without object..
Associated quotations
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.24va : Ozimus, þat be another name is cald basilicon .., to purgyng þe matrice & excite floures, sethe þe erbe in water, & fomente & mak hir a suppositorie of þe tendrons þerof about þe ars hole.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)40/10 : Þat þe..sore be wele fomented or soked wiþ vinegre and watre ymedled togidre.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)69/36 : Witte þou þat..þe lure be wele fomented with a sponge y-wette in hot watre of decoction of maluez and branne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)154a/a : Wasshe and foment þe place with oyle of rose.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)180/562 : To abate..þe swellynge of the legges..fome[n]te heme with salt watir of the decoccion of walwort.
- a1450 MS Sln.2463 in EETS 102 (Sln 2463)244 n.6 : Lete hym foment his eyen and his heuede.