Middle English Dictionary Entry
streining(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | streining(e ger. Also (errors) steynynge, stryvynge. |
| Etymology | From streinen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of binding; (b) the fact of being tightly bound, constriction.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)54a/b : Ligatur incarnatiue..is made..in taking of þe partiez liggyng to als mych as shal seme for to spede in strenyng more aboue þe place y-hurt þan in partiez ligging to.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)70a/a : Þer be made a bende more longe þan an arme lengþe of 4 fyngers brode..and þer biside þe ere be it volued about in strenyng [Ch.(2): streynynge; L stringendo], And þe ende of þe palmez be ledde toward byneþeforþ þe heued.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)341/17 : In streynynge more vpon þe fracture, bynde it playnly and vnpeynefully.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)508/32 : After þe escare þere is leued so grete and so harde a cicatrizacioun þat it standeth in stede of a scheldely streynynge [L strictorij].
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)41/8 : Bynde þe lyme softliche wiþoute streynynge [L stringendo].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)199/11 : A mannes lyme bicomeþ smal wiþ greet streynyng [L stricturam] of ligaturis þat takiþ awei þe norisching of þe lyme.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)190/22 : Neuerþelatter be ware of ouer moche streynynge [*Ch.(1): stricture; L strictura].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)479 : Streynynge [Win: Stryvynge], or constreynynge: Constriccio, astriccio.
2.
(a) Narrowness; (b) contraction.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)516/34 : The preseruatyf intencioun stondeth..in lettinge of þe causes, as of grete humoures, of the hete of þe place and of the streynenge [*Ch.(1): streytnez; L constrictionis] of waies.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)65b/b : Fatnes..lissiþ sore of synewes & ioyntis &..slakeþ þe streynynge þerof.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.411 : Alexander..fulle of swote and duste thro laboure, felle in to a water floenge þer by, þro whiche he hade suche a streynenge [L contractionem] of his senowes togeder that he hade diede anoon, but that he receyvede a pocion of Philippe his phisicion.
3.
(a) The act or process of stretching cloth; med. a stretching of skin over a swelling sore; distention of veins; (b) fig. ?torment, pain; (c) pl. exertions.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)91/1720 : Þer mihte men seo þe traces of bledyng Of heore veynes streynyng From þe churche dore wel a fyn Til þei come to þe tumbe of seynt Austin.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)137/681 : Now wol y telle of a sore þat clerkus clepuþ radunculus..it is a brod swellynge of rede colour gendered ynne þe skyn & depe in þe flesche..with gret straynynge of þe skyn.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.501a : It may please unto youre noble grace..to ordeyn..that every hole Wollen Cloth called brode Cloth that shal be made..to be put to sale, after almanere rakkyng, streynyng, or teyntyng therof..conteigne in lengh xxiiii yerdes..and in brede ii yerdes.
b
- ?a1430 ?Hoccl.Poems PS Compl.Virg.(Hnt HM 111)214 : For now the taast I feele & the streynynge Of deeth; by thy deeth feele I deeth me stynge.
c
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)87/12 : What beestly herte þat presumiþ for to touche þe hiȝe mounte of þis werke, it schal be betyn awey wiþ stones..& sekirly soche rude streynynges ben ful harde fastnid in fleschlines of bodely felyng.
4.
(a) The act or process of passing a substance through a strainer to filter out sediment, impurities, etc.; on ~, in the process of being strained; (b) a strained or clarified concoction.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)145/786 : Take..ground-yuy & grynd it riȝt smal & droppe while it is on straynynge ij or iij a litel clene water þer-to.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)p.77 : Grene for bokys: grynde welle j li. of vertgrece on a stone and put thereto a chyde of saffrone in the gryndyng thereof, or more..to thou se hit be grene y-noȝe, and thanne temper hit uppe with the juce of a rotyne appylle..and let it stond so ij days in an horne withowte ony straynyng.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)p.78 : Than streyne hit throȝe a smale bagge of lynnen clothe, and of the substance that levythe in the bagge after the straynynge make smalle ballys thereof.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)250/25 : Afterward..boyle þat colature or streyninge [L colatura] vnto the þikkenesse of hony.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)296/15 : Make a colature, i. streynynge.
5.
(a) Stanching of blood; (b) stypticity, astringency.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)66/15 : Þer is no medicyn so good as þis medicyn is in streynynge [L restringendo] of blood & consowdynge of þe veyne.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)223/14,16 : The fifte maner..is fulfilled wiþ an hote yren or wiþ a brennynge medicyne þe whiche haþ streyninge [*Ch.(1): stipticknez; L stipticitatem] wiþ hete..noght by quyk lyme, for it haþ no streynynge.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)605/25 : A sowdynge medecyne..dryeth þe ouer egge of þe wounde..til þat þe kyndely skyn be gendrede..and þerfore it nedeþ a notable steynynge [read: streynynge].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)622/32 : Folia oliuarum, olif leves, ben colde and drie in þe secounde degree, wiþ a grete streynynge.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)631/1 : Vitriol is hote and drie in þe þridde degree..wiþ streynyng and wiþ fretyng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. straining.