Middle English Dictionary Entry
sārce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sārce n. Also sars(e, sarcz, sarche, (error) scarce. |
| Etymology | From OF säaz, saz, säas, ?AF sace, with intrusive r. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A sieve, strainer; ~ box, ?a container for catching material that has been sieved.
Associated quotations
- [ (1329-30) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9917 : 2 scopis pro Coquina, 7 d.; 1 sace, 4 d. ]
- (1368) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.92 : [In the pantry..one pair of irons for] waffres, [one] sarce.
- (1380) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.268 : 2 trebulettes, 2 d.; a sarcebox, 1 d.
- (1389) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.168 : [One] sarse, [8 d.].
- (1398) Will York in Sur.Soc.4245 : Mortaria erea cum pilis ferreis, sarcz.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)344/26 : Þe poudre of him, whanne it is maad smal & falliþ adoun of a sarce [L cribro], is clepid minutum thuris.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)131.150/2 : Take mustard seed..Grynde it drye, sarse it thurgh a sarse.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)172a/a : Þe pouder þerof..passeþ þoruȝ a sarse when it is remewed oute of þe bagge.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3023 : Unum sarss pro pulvere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Saarce, instrument.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)31/32 : Tak hert horne & bryn it & bete it to powdir & scarce it thorow a scarce.
- (1452-3) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12224 : Item, j sars de auricalco.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Paston Letters (Gairdner)3.189 : j sars of brasse..j sarche of tre.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)107b : A Sarse: Colum, instrumentum colandi ceruisiam, Colatorium.
- ?a1500 Gunpowder in Rel.Ant.1 (Antq 101)15 : Grynde it in a morter til it be smalle poudre and than sarse it throow a sarse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 125/34 : Breke it inne a brasen morter..þanne sarse hit thorouȝh a saise [read: sarse].
Note: New spelling: (error) saise.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. searce.