Middle English Dictionary Entry
ōst(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ōst(e n. Also host, nost. |
| Etymology | OE āst |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A furnace for drying, a kiln; a kiln for drying malt in brewing; also, an oven [quot.: (?1440)]; ~ cloth, ?a cloth on which malt is laid for drying in a kiln; ~ hous, the building in which a kiln is housed; lim ~ [see lim n.(2) 4.(b)].
Associated quotations
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)476 : Host vel kulne [vr. hestre; glossing AF (Cmb): torrail].
- (1371) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.95 : [The] osthous.
- (1388) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.41 : [One] ostcloth.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.223 : [An] ostcloth [worth 2 s.].
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.11 : For to make gronden Benes. Take benes and dry hem in a nost or in an Ovene.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)38 : Et puis portez en vn corbeil Pur ensecher al torayl. And after beruþ [malt] in a leepe ffor to drye at þe host.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.457 : Thy wyn seler in cold Septemtrion Wel derk & fer from ostis [vr. oste; L furno], bath, & stable..& thyngis euerychon That euel smelle.