Middle English Dictionary Entry
thristing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | thristing(e ger. Also (errors) rustyng, þrusching. |
| Etymology | From thristen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pressure; the exerting of pressure; ~ doun, the exerting of downward pressure; also, fig. oppression; ~ oute, squeezing out; also, effusion; (b) compression, constriction; constricting, a constricting; also, fig. forcible combining; also, trampling, flattening; ~ togeder (togederes); (c) bulging; also, priapism [quot. ?c1425]; ~ oute.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)49/7 : Brynge þilke pece to þe place þat he was yn tofore wiþ þristynge [L comprimendo] doun, þilke pece wiþ sum instrument.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)155/12 : In þe world ȝe shullen haue þrustinge doun, But trusteþ, for I haue ouercome þe world.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)234/25 : Some of the [head] woundes..is so litel þat it makeþ no þurstinge ne prikkynge vpon þe brayne.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)626/13 : Oleum muscatelinum is..made by þristynge oute of some corne.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)297/23 : Saynt Laurens..iij tymys..thrustid hym be þe arm..his arm was als bla & als sare with þe thrustyng of Saynt Laurens as he had suffred it evyn on his body.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)148b/a : Þe surgian schal..þriste doun þe plumaciolus vp on þe wounde þat þoruȝ þe þristynge of þe plumaciolis þe lippis of þe wounde mowen be closid togidere.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)149a/b : Þe plumaciolis schulen be expressid and leyd on þe wounde wiþ a litil þristing down.
- a1500 GLitany (Dc 42)130 : By alle thy peyne..and the gladde thyrstynge oute of thy blood, haue mercy on vs.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)30a/a : By strengþe of þe þurstinge, þe moisture..is I-wronge out..for by worchinge of coolde..þe þing is I-maad sad.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)49b/a : Wiþ compressinge & þurstinge togedres þe weye of þe breeþ..þe free passage of ayer..is forbode.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)171a/b : For parties of the erthe ben y-dygged and y-holowȝed and departede atwynne with crepynge wormes and bestees oþer with þristynge of parties.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)211a/b : In valeys is hard moeuynge of ayre and so þerfore medlyng [and] rustyng [vr. þursting; L conculcatione], þe ayre and þikke vapour roteþ ful soone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)237b/a : Þese frutes [of] þe olyue..moote be leyde on an huple togideres..so þat by gret þrusching [vr. þrustynge; L compressionem] þe hete may be conforted and come into þe Inner parties þerof and rype þe fruyt.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)151/25 : Þe cure..is made..wiþ a þristynge [Ch.(1): compression] togedre made of a styptik plastre and of byndynge in þe manere of burstynge.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)502/14 : An echynge þat may be felede..at þe movynge and at the þirstynge of þe breth and cowȝhe.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11175 : Þe erþe..stired & quok, So faste hors & man þer schok: Þer was puttynge, þristinge, & þro.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)319 : It is open heresie too trowe þat þristyng of ordris in oon cloystre or in oon hous helpiþ þat god heeriþ hem betere.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.23.29 : To whom þristing out [alt. from: stiflyng; WB(2): puttyng out] of eȝen? wheþer not to þem þat dwellen in wyn.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)173/11 : Þe wyndy exstencioun, i. þirstynge oute, þe whiche is cleped priapasmus..schal be saide wiþynneforth.
- a1475 Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)267/3 : Whan þe siphac is so slac þorouȝ þirsting of the guttis, þer is swelling in þe side of þe sher bisidis þe þiȝ.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. thrusting.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. thrusting together.