Middle English Dictionary Entry
orbane n.
Entry Info
| Forms | orbane n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A gum produced by a scale insect, used in dyes and medicines.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)93/17 : Lacta alio nomine dicitur orobus orobonis, gumma est de qua urina et humana fit per carminum. ]
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)58/14 : Sethe all togedir: ambre orientale, a peny weghte; of mastik, orbane, arnement, ij peny weghte.