Middle English Dictionary Entry
propoleos n.
Entry Info
| Forms | propoleos n. Also propolios. |
| Etymology | ML; cp. CL propolis, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Propolis, a resinous material collected by bees from tree buds and used as a cement in constructing hives; ?also beeswax; ?also the dregs of honey.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)65b/b : We haue or nowe made an vnguent to þis entension bi wex, resine, & terbentine, pice..þer, forsoþ, also propoleos [L populeos; read: propuleos], i. [?read: &] fex of hony bi it selfe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)160a/b : Þe 6 is vnguentum album made of oyle of rosen and of propoleos.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)101/16 : And if it be noȝt þikke ynoȝ, putte to a litel propoleos, i. white wex.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)93b/b : He..leide to his brest þis Cyroyne: R[ecipe] propolios, flour of benys, [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 129/26 : Forto make propoleos, þat is to sey whit wax.
Note: Glossary: "propoleos n. 'white wax (here not PDE propolis)'."
Note: ?New sense. ?This word.