Middle English Dictionary Entry
terebentīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | terebentīne n. Also terbentin(e, ter(e)bintine, terpentine, terrebentin(e, turbentin(e, turbintine, turpentin(e, turmentin(e, turmintine & (?error) terrebintym, (error) turbityne. |
| Etymology | OF terbentine, ter(re)-, turbentin(e & L terebinthinus, terbentinus, ML terebentina, terebintinum, termentinum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The oleoresin of the terebinth tree, turpentine; gomme ~; (b) a medicinal compound made of this oleoresin and an oil.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1330) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100518 : In Terbentyn empt. pro cera facienda pro sigillo..12 d.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)41/4 : Aboue þe wounde leie whiȝt terebentine [L terbentina] I-drawe abrood bitwene two clowtis.
- ?a1400 *Albi Reynolds 5081 Recipes (Albi Reynolds 5081)f.20v : Thanne put half a pond of terbentyne to þe same & stere al wey with a sclyce & þanne let it kele and mak it in gobettis for it helith rygth wel.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)32/35 : Men sellen a gomme þat men clepen Turbentyne [Man.(2): Turpentyne; F Terebentine] in stede of bawme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166b/a : Of lauacioun, i. wasshing of terbentyne [L terebentine].
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)31/11,15 : When..it is wele hote..sette it of þe fire, and it beyng hote, putte to of tereben tyne als moche as sufficeþ and moue it strongly wiþ a spature..loke þat it suffre noȝt mych hete, for in seþing loseþ terebentyne his myȝtes.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)66/13 : Mirre, storax, olibane, mastike..salbanum, terrebintym [?read: terrebintyn], pixgreke..of all thies xiiij gummes tak of ilkane ane vnce.
- (1448-9) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1403 : In j lb. et di. de Turmyntyne et vermelon empt' apud london pro festo natiuitatis sancti Johannis Baptiste, xx d.
- a1450 Liber Cophonis (Add 34111)43/289 : Tak galbanum amoniac terebyntyne and mak hem hote.
- a1450 Liber Cophonis (Add 34111)51/404 : Tak viuelef and gromil seede and turbityne [read: turbintyne] and..seþe alle þes to gyder in water.
- a1450 Liber Cophonis (Add 34111)53/420 : For þe strangylion Do ȝif þis medicine laxatiue: Tak euerfarne and turbintyne..and þe seede of coluerfote and of percily.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)192 : Do in aquarteron of gomme terpentyne & styre hyt wel, tyl hyt be molten among þyn oþer gonmes.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)80 : Gummez..Of aloes, myrre, and terrebentyn, Olibaun, encense, and perosyn..purge lepre and malyncolye.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)40/5 : To makyn gracia dei: Take a pound of turmentyn and a pound of rosyn.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)79/7 : To maken a syred cloth: Tak a quarte of wax..a quart of turpentyn..and medle it al to-gedre.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)84/24 : Do þer-to..i vnce or ii of poudre of terrebentine and i quartroun of capoungrece.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)25/2 : Al þe hous of þe pacient schal be encensid strongly..wiþ frank-encense, mirre, & rosyn, terbentyn, & rewe.
- a1475 Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)103/3 : Put þerto of turmentyne, of galbanum, of gumme of yve, [etc.].
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)156b/b : And also whit terbentyne warme leid bitwixe two cloþis schal be leid to þe woundis of meene bodies.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2303 : Liquour is in many maners fownde Owte of thingis that be on grownde: Som bi cuttynge, as terebentyne, Som with pressinge, as sydyre and wyne.
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)115 : At the laste put ther in the turpentyne & ster to gedyr.
b
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)174 : Ȝyf þou wylt make a terbyntyne for fles, take apound of rosyn & half a pounde of oile.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 179/28 : To make turmantyn for fleyun.
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 179/29 : Forto make turmentyn.
Note: Additional quotes, sense (b). New spelling (turmantin).