Middle English Dictionary Entry
nāvāl(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | nāvāl(e adj. |
| Etymology | L nāvālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pertaining to ships; ~ coroune, an ornamental headdress awarded by the Romans to the first to enter an enemy ship during a naval battle; surg. pich ~, ship's pitch, ship's tar; the residuum of the distillation of pich liquide.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)124a/b : Comon vse takeþ herez away bi one of 5 manerez..with pic nauall applicate with fyngerz or in a cloþ.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)186b/b : Take pice nauale, colofoine..litarge, armoniak.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.251 : Lik ther desertis thes crouns took ther names, For summe of them wer callid Tryumphal..Eek other tweyne, Naual and Castrence.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.274 : Naual crownes whilom wer ordeyned For them that fauht manli on the se.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)68/6 : Medcyn þat is called Gratia Dei..Tak litarge iiij vnces..of pik greke, pik nauill, of þam ij vnces.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)73/8 : He þat will mak littill syrone, tak gud fresche schepe talghe, virgyn wax, pik nauale, galbanum.