Middle English Dictionary Entry
thūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thūre n. Also thur, (late) thurie. |
| Etymology | From L tūr-, thūr-, stem of tūs, thūs. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. thus n.
1.
An aromatic gum resin used medicinally, frankincense, olibanum; male ~; cortex ~, the bark of frankincense.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)141a/a : Þe selfe vuulam to be releued..It is graunted..þat aboue þe molle of þe heued be put..a litel of pice, thure [Ch.(2): frank encense], & mastice.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.146/6 : In þe ende [of panaricium] is competent oile with thure [Ch.(2): encense] & nigella to resolue.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)172a/a : Þe þrid is cortex thur, þat is to seien, þe barke of fraunke encence þe whiche is moste drie & moste stiptik & enduceþ skinne beste.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)66/14 : Of þam þat restreyneþ blode bene þise: Mumme, bole armoniac, sang dracon, thure, aloe, vitriol combust.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.412 : A vnce of mascul thure [L thuris masculi], Wel smellynge, and an vnce of pepur dure—Bete al this smal, and sarce hit smothe.
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)118 : Take di. a unce of thurie and make yt in sotyll powdyr.