Middle English Dictionary Entry
maderen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | maderen v. P.ppl. i)madered. |
| Etymology | From madere . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To dye or color (cloth) with madder.
Associated quotations
- (1464) RParl.5.562a : Also in dying of all such Cloth..so that the..Cloth be perfitly boyled and madered. Except also that Cork may be put uppon Cloth that is perfitly boyled and madered.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)p.90 : For crymsons..hit moste be put lytylle ymaderyd..for after hit is y-maderyd, ȝe moste korke hit..after ȝe have maderid hit, let make a new flote of clene water.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1:Clarke) 198/4,5 : For vyolettys..loke ȝe madere heme as ȝe do ȝour redys, and in lyke wyse madere hem, and mastry hem, and then wesch hem oute clene.
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