Middle English Dictionary Entry
sigillāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sigillāten v. P.ppl. sigillāt(e. |
| Etymology | From L sigillātus, p.ppl. of sigillāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To seal up (the contents of a vessel); ppl. sigillate, contained (in a drug), incorporated; (b) erthe sigillate, Lemnian earth, a medicinal earth distributed throughout western Europe in pieces impressed with a seal.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41b/a : In þe bigynnyng he graunteþ dianucum, in which be sigillate [Ch.(2): be stopped; L sit sigillata] þe vertue of rose, balaustiez, mirtillez..& lich stiptic þingez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41b/a : In augmentyng diameron in which be sigillate [L sigilletur] vertue of mirre & croci & lich þingez.
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)1627 : In on glasse to [vr. do] all yis sverly sygyllate.
b
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)24b/27 : Take of..genciana iij parties, of erthe sygillat vj parties and make a powedre of hem.