Middle English Dictionary Entry
molochītes n.
Entry Info
| Forms | molochītes n. Also melochite(s. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Malachite.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)202b/a : De melochite. Melochites [L Meocites] is a grene stoon liche to smaragdus..it haþ þe name of þe colour of malues..it kepeþ and saueþ children fro noyefulle and yuele happes.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1037 : The stone Memphyte and eke the Melochyte, That chyldren yong, when they in cradyll bene, Kepeth of kynde from noy and all dyspyte.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.111 : Molochites is a grene stone.