Middle English Dictionary Entry
receptōrīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | receptōrīe n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A receptacle, container; alch. a flask for receiving distillate from an alembic, a receiver.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)17a/b : Þe splene is receptorie [Ch.(2): resceyuour; L receptorium] of melancolious superfluitee gendred in þe lyuer.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18a/a : Þe vesic..is a receptorie [Ch.(2): susceptorie, i. takere; L susceptorium], as a bason or a sac of þe superfluitee of þe vrine ouer colate fro þe reynez.
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.408 : Our lembykes shall not be lutid with her receptories, but stopped with dry linnen cloth.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. receptory.