Middle English Dictionary Entry
frustule n.
Entry Info
| Forms | frustule n. Also frustle. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Fragment, splinter.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)99b/b : To drawe oute þe frustlez .i. shiuerez [*Ch.(2): gobates; L frustula].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)54a/a : Of medecenez drawing out þingez infixed..frustulez .i. pecz of bonez [L ossium frustulis].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. frustle.