Middle English Dictionary Entry
aqua n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aqua n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Water; (b) a decoction.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)152a/a : And watir hatte aqua, as were equa, euen; for he resteþ neuere of meuyng til þe ouere syde þerof be euen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)176b/b : Aqua is first of cold & moiste þinges, bi al philosofirs, & for þi it is inspissatiue & conielatif, primo simplicium farmacorum.
b
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)217 : Aqua pro oculis. Tak of fenel..& of netles [etc.].
2.
A decoction, solution, solvent, or spirit: (a) aqua aluminosa, alum water; (b) ~ ardens, -ent, a liquor, such as brandy; a corrosive solvent; (c) ~ aromatica, spiced rose water; (d) ~ ferrata; (e) ~ fortis, a corrosive solvent, such as diluted nitric acid; (f) ~ gallicana; (g) ~ hordei, barley water; (h) ~ mercurii; (i) ~ rosacea, rose water; (j) ~ rubia, ~ salutis, madder water; (k) ~ vite, q.v.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)176b/b : Aqua aluminosa is ablutyf & repercussif & exsiccatif..after Auicen [margin: Allum W].
b
- [ a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.1.306 : Item dixit quod aqua ardens distillata a vitriolo calcinat anima corpora metallorum. ]
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)108b/a : Aqua ardens i. ewe ardaunt [*Ch.(2): brennynge water].
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.497 : Take the noblist vyneger distilled that thou cannest have, id est aqua ardent.
c
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)117/10 : Aqua aromatica..Take notmige..caumfere, and muste..make pouder, and do it in water of rose.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)94b/b : Þat he vse stiptic delectacions..for constipacioun of his wombe as..grosse wyne & stiptic & aqua ferrata i. water yrened.
e
- [ a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.371 : Aqua fortis. Recipe salis armoniaci i lb., salis nitri i lb., vitriolli i lb., aluminis i lb., cinabrii ii lb., et distilla aquam nullo liquore mediante. Hec aqua est venenum philosophorum. ]
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.378 : A furnes to drawe aqua fortis in.
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.485 : Truly our water makyth all the mastry which I have made after the maner of aqua fortis.
f
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)125a/a : Be þe face anoynted with oile of tarter or of whete or with aqua gallicana i. fransh water.
g
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)11 : Aqua ordei, i. ptisana.
h
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.360 : Aqua mercurii..Take 4 oz. of kybryt and 4 oz. of aquila and i li. assek crude and grynde all these iii species togeder.
i
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)244a/a : Of grene rose aqua rosacea is made by seþynge of fuyre oþer of þe sonne, and þis water is good..in colleriis medicynes for yhen and in oynementes for ladies.
j
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)302/992 : For to make aqua salutis or rubia aqua, Tak a galon of tanne wose and dj a pound of crop madir, of alym als mych.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua ardens.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(e)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua fortis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(g)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua ordei.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(i)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua rosacea.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(j)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua rubia.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(j)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aqua salutis.