Middle English Dictionary Entry
ostoraces calaminte phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | ostoraces calaminte phr. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A resin from the storax tree (Styrax officinalis).
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)52 : Houndes..haue the male morte in her noose therlis..To þis siknesse boyle mastik and sens in smal powder in faire watir and of a þing þat men clepyn Ostoraces calamynt [F estoracis calamita], de brigilla of Rve and mynt and of sawge, and holde þe houndes nose vpon þe pottis mouth.