Middle English Dictionary Entry
levatōrī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | levatōrī(e n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. An instrument, usually with an angled blade, used in trepanning and other operations to relieve pressure, free bone fragments, etc.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)135b/b : Þat þe medicyner of þe eie [read: ere] haue apte instrumentz to his wirching as ar stillez, i. poyntelez, curatoriez, & leuatoriez [L leuatoria], hukez of litel crokyng, canellez soukyng & subfumigatif.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)139a/a : It bihoueþ þe..toþdrawer to be warn-stored of apte instrumentz..rasours, raspatoriez, spaturez riȝt & curued, leuatoriez symple [*Ch.(2): symple leuours] & with 2 braunchez.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)98b/a : Lifting vppe what þing þat depresseþ oþer prickeþ..& depressinge what þing þat is lifte oþer reised vppe more þen it ouȝte to ben wiþ a leuatorie & oþere sucche instrumentes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)99b/a : Ȝif þe bone cleue faste, disseuer him with þi roinour and lifte it vppe with þi leuatorie oþer with þi lenticuler..To þe tyme þat þe bone þat schal be disseuered mowe be take aweie wiþ lousinge & steringe to & fro with þi leuatorie.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)162b/b : It schal be..lift vp wiþ a leuatorie, And if þou maist not lifte it vp wiþ an instrument þat is clepid lenticulari, or wiþ a persour makynge as manie holis as it is nedeful.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)163a/a : And me þinkiþ þat y may not wel write þe descripcioun of a leuatorie but in þis manere [illustration here in text].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. levatory.