Middle English Dictionary Entry
kīle n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | kīle n.(1) Also kili, kilis, killis, kilus, kilim, kialim, kilium. |
| Etymology | ML, prob. from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. (a) The inferior vena cava; ~ veine, veine ~; [1st quot. is mistransl. of the Latin]; (b) the ureter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)201/19 : Wiþ þese veynes bigynneþ þe ij digestioun, & beriþ a veyne þat is clepid kilus [L chilum] to þe lyuer, & þat veyne goiþ to þe stomac fro þe lyuer.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16b/a : [The stomak] haþ descendyng downe of þe partie of þe backe þe veynez kylym [*Ch.(2): kyalym; L chilim] & aborchy.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)17b/a : Atuix boþe reynez aboue þe spondilez passen vena kilis [L chilis] and aborchy to þe membrez byneþeforþe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)66b/a : Þe office of þe vena kilis and off alle þe braunches of him is forto bere norisschinge blode fro þe liuer to alle þe toþer members of þe bodie, and forto bere no þinge aȝeine fro þo members to þe liuer.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)68a/b : As touching þe vesselles of þe sperme þer ben summe veines þat growen oute beside þe reynes fro þe veines þat ben cleped kylis and aborthi, descendinge and berynge blood to þe ballockes.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)57/14,16 : And so þurȝ þe strengþe of nature it is putte out fro þe vayne kilyuz [?read: kilyum], þat lieþ to rig-bone of þe bak..Which kylis, forsoþ, is diuided into fiue branchez þat bene ended about þe party of nature.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)19b/b : Fro þe bowge for soþe of þe same lyuer, a veyne gooþ oute Icleped vena concaua, i. the holowe veyne, or kilis, þe kyle [L vena dicta concaua seu chilis], þe whiche also wiþ his rootes metynge wiþ the oþer drawen oute of all þe lyuer þe blood Igendred in it, & þat veyne in braunching vpward and dounward..bereþ þat blood to norisshe al þe body.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)20a/b : In ayþer of hem [the kidneys] beeþ two nekkes; by þat oone þai drawen a watrihede fro þe veyne kyle [*Ch.(1): vena kyly] and by consequent..of þe lyuer, and by anoþer þai sende þat watrihede..cleped vryne to þe bledder.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)40a/a : Þe secunde greete veyne þe which goiþ out of þe same gibbouse partie of þe lyuere..ys clepid vena ramosa or kilis veyne or profunda.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)40a/b : The office of kilis vena and of alle hise braunchis is for to beren nutritif blood from þe lyuere to ech lyme of al þe body.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)93b/a : Þe bledynge at þe nose..meueþ principaly by cause of þe rupture or brekynge of killis vene.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)172/7 : Þis watri blood is vryne, & from þe reynes it goiþ to þe necke of þe bladdre þoruȝ a veyne þat is clepid kylym [L venam chilim].
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- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)32a/b : Ther is oon certeyne veyne þe which aloone springiþ of þe gilbouse partie..of þe lyuere..and sche is stok of alle veynes, outaken þe veynes miseraicis, þe which veyne is callid Ramosa, or kile, of whom comeþ tweyne braunchis.
Note: Additional quot. for sense (a).
Note: More concise etymological information for kīle n.(1): (DMLBS) [ML coele, ult. Gr.]. (Greek = koilē.)
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL
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- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.77rb (2.13) : Vryn inopos or kyanos, more dresty & droubly in þe botume þan elleswhere, seiþ brusting or brusshing or elles stonying of som veyne, or þat kiles or som braunche of hem is astonyed or mystrauailede.
Note: Additional quot. Editor's gloss: 'the kilis vein, the inferior vena cava (?or the renal veins)'.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. kile.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. kilis.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. kile vein.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. kilis vein.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. vein chili(s).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. vein kili(s).