Middle English Dictionary Entry
nūrī̆ciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nūrī̆ciǒun n. |
| Etymology | OF nutriciön & ML nūtrītio. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act or process of providing nourishment; also, nutriment, nourishment; (b) alch. that which feeds the philosophers' stone.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)17a/a : Þise humours..which bene engendred of chile in þe lyuer..bene double; Som bene naturale, seid of naturalitee of nutricion [Ch.(2): norisshynge; L nutricationis], Som noȝt naturale.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)52a/a : Þe hert is mortified for perdicioun of nutricioun [Ch.(2): norisshynge; L nutricationis], & þe animal, i. beest, perisheþ.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)67b/a : I trowed þat noþing noresheþ by verray nutricion bot if it come fro þe stomac to þe lyuer & to veyne spred bi þe flesh.
b
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2192 : Liquours to oure stone be chief nutricion..Liquours conveith alle Alimente & fode To euery parte of mannys bodie, And so thei do with vs in alchymye.