Middle English Dictionary Entry
grisling n.
Entry Info
| Forms | grisling n. Also gristlon. |
| Etymology | From gristel . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The cartilage of the nose.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)15 : Anci auez vous par bone resoun Deux narrys & vn tendron: Also haue ȝe by goud resoun ij nostrels & a gristlon [vr. gristel].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)88b/a : It bifalleþ oft tyme..forto falle in þe face, most in þe lepur i. grisling or point of þe nose [*Ch.(2): coppe of þe nose]..an vlcere corrosyue.