Middle English Dictionary Entry
argoil(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | argoil(le n. Also argolye, argu(i)l. |
| Etymology | AF; ultim. a derivative of Gr. argós shining, white. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The tartar produced by fermentation of wine, crude potassium bitartrate; (b) poudre of ~, powdered tartar; prob. also, sal tartar; (c) salt ~, potassium carbonate made by heating tartar, sal tartar; (d) water of ~, a fluid distilled from tartar; a water solution of potassium carbonate and/or potassium bitartrate.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1295-6) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.547 : De Rogero Chaumpanye quia vendit..arguel mixtum cum fecibus vini (di.mr.). ]
- [ a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)186 : De chescun tonel ou pipe de arguel..iiij d. ]
- ?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Archaeol.J.1 (Hrl 2253)65 : Vorte maken iren as hart as stel. Tac argul, a thing that deyares deyet with, ant grint hit smal.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.813 : Cley maad with hors or mannes heer, and oyle Of tartre, alum glas, berm, wort, argoyle.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)214/676 : Take argoyle and poudre itt small, and do þerto vynegre..rake itt wele in hote eymers..and you shall fynd an oyle that men clepith oleum tartary.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)217 : Contra omnem scabiem. Tak arpment & slekyd lyme & argoyle, & tempre hem to geder.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)30/10 : Take a pound of argule and half a pownd of salt comyn, and a pound and an half of ryght strong wyn.
b
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)208 : Pro morphea. Tak pouder of argoile.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)223 : Ad consolidandum os fractum..poudre of whyte aisill, in english arguyll [etc.].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)113/15 : Take powdir of argoyle, and strowe it vp-on a lynen cloth..and make an oynement þere-of.
c
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)30/2 : Doo by-nethe in-to þe wessell salt argoyll, quyk brynston, of iche olyche myche.
d
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)30/15 : Brennynge watyr. Take argoyle, and grynde it well to powdir, and do it in a styllotorie and distylle it; and þat is clepyd watir of argoyle.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)33/7 : Watir of argoyle. It is good for skabbe..and it makyth whyt bothe coppir and syluer þat is rusty.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 47/16 : Take a pounde of lemayle of coper, and a pound orgoyle in poudre, and half a pound of whit comon salt, and medle hem alle wel togidres.
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 128/7 : Take .j. li. of lymale of coper or of laton, and .j. li. of argile, [etc.].
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 266/1 : [T]ake vergyse [read: vertegrese], and a lytyll argylle, and a chere of safrowne.
Note: New spellings (orgoile, argile & argille).
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 90/11 : To temper a good grene, take good vertegrece, and a lytyl argul, and saferon and grynd hem well togyder with wyne.
Note: Need date, sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. water of argol.