Middle English Dictionary Entry
quiken n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | quiken n.(2) Also quiken, quechen. |
| Etymology | From quich n.; also cp. OE cwican, infl. form of cwice n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Couch grass used medicinally; also, a leguminous plant, vetch.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)519/26 : Many men forsoþe putten þerto [puree of chickpeas] of quykens yclensede [*Ch.(1) & L: de gramine mundato].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)520/36 : Medecynes þat littelen þe stone ben to ben mynistered..Vnder kynde of þe whiche þynges is þe decoccioun of quykens [L decoctio cicerum & decoctio graminis].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)101b : A quyke: hic Aruus [Monson: eruus]..A Qwyckyn.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)580/37 : Eruus: quechyn.