Middle English Dictionary Entry
anti(s)paste adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | anti(s)paste adv. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
By letting blood on the opposite part of the body.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154a/b : Þe comon sermon is þat it acordeþ for to auoide antipaste, i. contrarily [*Ch.(2): by þe contrarie side; L antispastice] flegmonez.