Middle English Dictionary Entry
pūs n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pūs n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Pus, matter.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)61b/b : Wondez of a dart..or of a stone or staffe..it is nede fleshez compressed & kutte, alterate & putrefied, making pus [Ch.(2): quyttre] for to liquifie, & after newe flesh for to growe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)77a/a : After..þat we, doyng þise, trowed þe pus [L pus], i. sanie, & ycorez of þe wonde for to flowe or rynne, we put so to farmaciez.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)101b/a : Þe quytture of a newe wounde, which þat is callid pus, is whit, liȝt..and wiþouten stynkynge, and þis quytture is engendrid of þe goodnesse of naturel hete.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)101b/a : That pus is a purid superfluite of a newe wounde as it is seid now aforn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pus.