Middle English Dictionary Entry
sēpia n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sēpia n. Also sepie. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A mollusk of the genus Sepia, cuttlefish; os ~, the calcareous internal shell of the cuttlefish.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)286b/a : Aristotil setteþ ensample of Sepia, ffor whanne þe femel is smyte, the male helpeþ and socoureþ hire.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)42b/a : A puluer of a sponge combuste, osse sepie [L ossis sepie], i. cutyl bone.