Middle English Dictionary Entry
thikkenen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | thikkenen v. Also thicken; p.ppl. ithickened, thickend, thikned. |
| Etymology | From thik(ke adj.; cp. OI þykkna. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To cause (a liquid or semi-liquid) to coagulate, usu. through the action of heat or the addition of a starch, make more viscous; (b) to cause (water vapors) to form a dense mass, condense; (c) ? = thikken v. (d).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)127b/a : Take melle rosate coiled..sarcocolle ana j ounce..and floure of ffenugrek þat sufficeþ to þicken it in maner of ane emplaister.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)141b/b : Take..off linsede ana a dramme and þre ȝolkes of eyren, meddel hem echone at þe fire, and þicken hem wiþ alitil barlie floure, and leie þis emplaister hote apon þe place.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)170a/a : Þe forseide oynement schal be þickend wiþ þe forseide pouder more oþer lesse as man wille, and þen þe oynement wille be greie, & þe more þat it be þickend, þe more it fleischeþ and drieþ vpp þe sore.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)30/32 : Take þe Iuse of þe herbes, and be it medled wiþ als mich of wele clarified hony..and boile tham so long vnto þat þe watrynes of þe Iuyse be somewhat þikned.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136a/a : A Cloude is impressioun I-made in þe eyre in þe myddel of many vapoures gadred in to one body in þe myddel regioun of þe eyr, I-þickened [L condensatis] togedres by cooldnesse of place.
c
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)2a/a : Addenso: to þicken [Pep: to thyk, as clothe].