Middle English Dictionary Entry
molet n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | molet n.(2) |
| Etymology | Cp. F (16th-cent.) molette pestle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An apothecary's tool for mixing ingredients, a pestle.
Associated quotations
- (1398) Will York in Sur.Soc.4245 : Constantinus del Damme, civis & apothecarius..Lego Ricardo Fendard..certa necessaria shopæ meæ pertinencia -- videlicet..j draghyng-dobler cum les moletts, j holdepanne, spatures, j culatre, skipscales, [etc.].