Middle English Dictionary Entry
balne, -nie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | balne, -nie n. |
| Etymology | L balneum |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alch. A water bath kept at less than boiling temperature; ~ of Marie.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?1471) *Ripley Epis.Edw.IV (Ashm 759)105b : Then in the balne of mary togeder let theym be circulate.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)51a : Thine elementes..into powder blacke as a crowes bill Withe heat of balnie or elles of our donghill.