Middle English Dictionary Entry
gravelǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | gravelǒus adj. |
| Etymology | OF gravelos |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Sandy, gravelly, stony; (b) med. of flesh: lumpy, like gravel.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Trev.Barth.(Mrg M 875)164a/a : Þerfore erþe þat is nyȝe þe see is grauelouse [L arenosa].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136a/a : And forto walke bi grauelous [L harenosa] placez helpeþ hem, as seiþ Alexander.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.612 : Welwrought faa[t] lond they loue, And sondy, cleyi, grauelous [L glaream] they lothe.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)114b/a : If it [the flesh] be grauelouse [*Ch.(1): arenose; L arenosa], granaylouse & cluddry..þat is þe moste tokene.