Middle English Dictionary Entry
pīs(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pīs(e n. Also pisce & (error) paas. |
| Etymology | OF piz, pis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The breast, chest.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)197/10 : Men þat ben leprous, in þe bigynnyng her heeris of her heed falliþ awei..Also her pisce [L pectoris] wole be streit, & þei schulen haue greet snesyng.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)262/13 : His lungis miȝte be þe worse þerfore & also his piys & þerfore it is greet perel for to kutte a mannes palet.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)300/21 : Sumtyme a veine wole breke in þe piyse [L pectore] or in þe lungis, & þan þat veine mai not be streyned ne stoppid, & þan þe patient schal die þeron.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)62 : A greihounde shuld haue..þe neke grete and longe bowed as a swannes nek, his paas [read: pis; F pis] greet and opyn.
- a1500 BodAdd.A.106 Lapid.(BodAdd A.106)p.39 : Ye..worke wyth ye xii precyous stones thurght ye commaundement of oure lord was sett apon ye pyse Aaraon yt was ye fyrst priste of Iewes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pise.