Middle English Dictionary Entry
smolt n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | smolt n.(2) Also smult; pl. (?error) smolles. |
| Etymology | OE; the form smolles may be ME molles , pl. of mol(le n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lard, fat; -- in cpds. only: piche ~, a mixture of grease and wood tar; sele ~, melted seal blubber, seal oil; ?sele smoltes, ?pieces of seal blubber.
Associated quotations
- (1373) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.158 : [12 gallons of] pichsmult.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.19 : Pro iiij bar' cinerum, iiij bar' osmond, ij bar' seilesmolt.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.20 : Pro..j bar' di' butiri..j fernedele, seilesmolt', xl flikk' bacon'.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)18 : There be also barrells of selesmolles, barrells of terre, of the more bond and the lesse, barrells of asshys, of the bere clawe and the horne.