Middle English Dictionary Entry
pulvis n.
Entry Info
Forms | pulvis n. |
Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. pulver n.
1.
Med. A powder; ~ benedictus, ~ capitalis, ~ grecus, ~ sine pari.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)100b/b : Ȝif þe dura mater be blakend..take carpie & wete in þre parties of melle rosate..& leie aboue þe puluis capitalis & contynue it.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)86/36 : Þis puluis bigileþ neuer þe paciente ne þe cirurgene, for it doþ not wickedly.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)92/16,18,19 : With þis puluis haue I cured sich fikez puttyng out blode..And if þou haue noȝt puluis grecus þou may do þe same..with puluis sine pari.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)232/22 : For þe crepyng gowte. Take þe poudyr of armidactilis and a pouder þat ys callyd puluis benedictus, and vse hem in þi potage..and þis woll not suffur þat euyll to reste in no place.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)163b/b : Puluis capitalis schal be poudrid & leid vpon þe dura mater.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pulvis benedictus/benedicte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pulvis capitalis/capital.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pulvis Grecus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pulvis sine pari.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pulvis.