Middle English Dictionary Entry
tamarinde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tamarinde n. Also tamarindi; pl. tamarindes, -is, thamarindes. |
| Etymology | L tamarinda, ML tamarindus, AL thamarindus; also cp. OF tamarinde, var. of tamarin; ult. Ar. tamr-hindī. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The pod-shaped fruit of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica), used medicinally; water of tamarindes, a decoction made from this fruit.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)182/24 : Colre schal be purgid in þis maner..resolue þeron cassia fistula [ounce] j, thamarindorum manne ana [ounce] sem., & boile hem a litil togidere. ]
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)98/27 : The cure of þe estiomene..is fulfilled..wiþ clensynge of blood with dyacatholicon, cassia fistula, and wiþ thamaryndes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)102/36 : Be þe mater voyded vmwhile wiþ some colagog as is..water of tamaryndes [*Ch.(1): with som of þe tamarindes].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)386/29 : Purge it litel..with a laxatyf appozyme..of prunes, of thamaryndes [*Ch.(1): tamaryndez; L tamarindis], of cassia fistula.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)559/22 : Dyacassiafistula is to þe same entencioun..Take of cassia fistula li. i, of newe thamaryndes quart. i, of manna, of pome garnet quart. sem.
- a1475 Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)199/17 : Purge him with watir þat..tamarindis and mirabolani citri ben y-soden yn.
- a1475 Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)241/7 : Seþe erbis þat ben duretike in watir, and in þe same watir seþe time..and þe rynde of tamarindi.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. water of tamarinds.