Middle English Dictionary Entry
abstersīve adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | abstersīve adj. Also abstersif. |
| Etymology | ML & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of medicines: able to remove pus or other impurities from a wound or sore; cleansing, detergent.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)81b/b : Þe medecene abstersyue [*Ch.(2): clensynge medecyne].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)170a/b : Medicyne mundificatif forsoþ and abstersyue [*Ch.(2): scourynge] is þat þat seperateþ filth & sanie forsoþ fro þe place in which þai be and ledeþ þam out to þe vtter superficite.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177a/a : Auena is a grayne or corne..it is maturatif & abstersif.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178b/b : Piper is a spice of a grayne or corne..it is attractiue & abstersyue.