Middle English Dictionary Entry
antimōnie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | antimōnie n. Also ante-, antimoine. |
| Etymology | ML antimōnium & OF antimoine. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186a/b : Antymoyne [*Ch.(1): Antimonium] is a myne colde in þe firste degre, drye in þe secounde degree.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)230/9 : [For þe fallyng euyll] take þe poudyr of castor & of poponago & sanguis draconis [&] antimonium; drynke yt in wyne.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)10/14 : The science to drawe out of antymony, þat is, mercasite of leed, þe vte essencie.
- a1500 MS Sln.3747 in Singer Cat.Alchem.(Sln 3747)2.497 : Here folowith konnyngg to drawe quintessence of antemony, id est, a ledyn markasite, wheryn restith the prevyte above all secretes.
- a1500 MS Sln.3747 in Singer Cat.Alchem.(Sln 3747)2.497 : Take antemony and grynd hym as small as thou maist, then take the noblist vynegar distilled.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)64a : I previd..Lytarge and antimonie not worth two mites.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Edurne Garrido-Anes, A Middle English Version of the 'Circa Instans', 102, notes that "When medieval doctors used the word 'Antimonium,' they were not talking about pure 'antimonium' [antimony] but about white oxide of antimony or antimonite, a combination of sulphur and antimony trioxide." -- J. M. N. López-Piñero, et al., Matthaeus Platearius: Le Livre des Herbes et de Tous Arbres ... (Barcelona, 2000), p. 416.