Middle English Dictionary Entry
pultes n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | pultes n. plural |
| Etymology | ML; cp. CL pultēs pl. of puls. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. (a) Mixtures of meal, water, oil, etc. used as poultices; ~ cirurgicorum; ~ maturatives, poultices inducing suppuration; (b) as sg.: a poultice.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)331/6-7 : Pultes [L Pultes] & cathaplasma ben al oon, but propirli pultes ben clepid whanne þer is mele, watir, & oile wiþouten herbis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)2b/a : First was of Rogeryne, Roland, & 4 maistres which indifferently procured with þair pultes [Ch.(2): growelles; L pultibus] saniem, i. quitour, to al woundes & apostemes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)32b/b : Þer ar contened in þise..somtyme humours..lymous & muscilaginous, like hony, like pultez [Ch.(2): growelly; L pultini], & like talowe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)139a/a : For no þinge leie to no newe wounde pultes cirurgicorum as Rouland and Rogerin did.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)167a/b : Pultes cirurgicorum..ben mitigatiue & mundificatiue of enpostumes þat ben newe opend.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)99b/a : Whanne þu fyndist..þe swellynge wiþ þe reednesse aswagid, þanne ceesse of þese pultes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)100a/a : Alwei be war þat þou legge to no wounde of senewis pultes maturatiuis, for þei schulden roten þe senewis.
b
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)73a/b : Summe vnkunnynge lechis..leyn to sich swellynge and akynge of senewis a maner of pultes maad of herbis & swynys grece.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)79a/a : Leye abouen þat a maner of pultes maad of foure partis of watir and oon part of oile de olyue and flour.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)99a/b : First þou schalt emplastre þe membre wiþ þis pultes.
- c1450 MS Add.10440 in EETS 102 (Add 10440)331, n.4 : Be þer soþen a þinne pultes or gruel of barly.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pultes (sg. or pl.).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pultes cirurgicorum.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. maturative pultes.