Middle English Dictionary Entry
restrictī̆f adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | restrictī̆f adj. Also restrictive & (error) restriccif; pl. restrictives, restriktives. |
| Etymology | ML restrictīvus; cp. F (16th cent.) restrictif, -ive. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Staunching bleeding, styptic; staunching or preventing diarrhea; also, astringent; ~ of blod, blod ~.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)6b/b : Of antidotez localez of wondes & of ulceres in which it shal be treted of medicenez blode restrictiuez [Ch.(2): streynynge blood; L restringentibus sanguinem].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)38a/b : Aboue þe front & þe templez with a bende for to bynde emplastre restrictiue [L restrictiuum] made of bole armoniac.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)55a/b : Suture restrictyue of blode is made wiþ nedilez and threde entryng & reuoluyng as skynnez ar sewed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)172a/a : Restrictif medicyne of blode is þat þat haþ to constreyne þe membre and to wiþholde þe blode flowing.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178b/b : Papirus is knowen frigidus & siccus, restriccif [Ch.(2): restreynynge].
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)81/21 : Men ballokes hyngez doune to þaire schankes..And men of þat cuntree þat kennez þe manere byndez þam vp and vsez certayne oynementz calde and restrictiue [F restrinctif] to hald þam vpp.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)15/40 : Haue he also redy a medicyne restrictyue of blode, and warme or leuke watre.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)38/3 : Vnkunyng leches ministreþ vnto suche restrictiues medicynes of dissenterie, of bole and sang dracon.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)14/2 : So I seie of medicyns comfortatyues, digestyues, laxatyues, restriktyues, and alle oþere.