Middle English Dictionary Entry
grāte n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | grāte n.(2) |
| Etymology | From grāten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An instrument for grating food, grater.
Associated quotations
- (1439) Will York in Sur.Soc.4597 : De j dos. small grates vj d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)207 : Grate for brede: Micatorium. Grate for gyngure, or oþer lyke: Fricellum, frictellum.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)609 : Scalprum: a grate, or a shaue.
- (1452-3) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12224 : Item, j par forcipum; Item, j grate.
- (1472) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99246 : Promptuarium..Item j grate pro zinzebr'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)87 : To gyld irene or stele: fyle thy metalle and schave hit with a grate cleve and towche thereone with water of borase, and thanne ley one thy gold..and cracche hit..etc.
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 102/9 : To gyld in iron or stele, fyele thy metall, and schave hit with a grate clene, and touche þeron with water of boras, and ley on thy gold.
Note: Two examples of the same recipe, from what Clarke calls "Limning B2," differing in whether 'grate' is accompanied by 'clene' or 'cleve' (i.e., probably 'cleue'). This is likely a simple question of minim interpretation. 'Clene' is the likelier reading; 'cleve' requires that we posit (?) a new compound: ~ clave, of which the second element is perhaps clāve n.(1). In either case, the preposition of 'grate' is a bit awkward and may point to some larger dislocation.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 38/2 : Folde wel ynwardes þe wulle side..þanne ȝif þy skyn be to þykke of wulle take and grate out þerof as meche as þu wilt with a skynners grate.
Note: Glossary: "grate n. 'rasp'."
Note: Cf. OED grate, n.2 = grater n.1. [Grater n.1, sense 2. a. = 'A scraper.']
Note: ?New sense.