Middle English Dictionary Entry
lightlīnes(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lightlīnes(se n. |
| Etymology | From lightlī adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ease, facility; with ~, gently, lightly.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)98b/a : Þe Maister in strecching it after þe lengþ wiþ liȝtlynez [*Ch.(2): liȝtliche; L cum facilitate] bryng to þe contrarie þat ar gone out.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)175b/a : Þe causes of soche þinges [embrocaciouns] ben lyȝtlynesse [*Ch.(1): liȝtnesse; L facilitas] of hetynge and of colynge..wiþ the vertue of depynge.