Middle English Dictionary Entry
ust adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ust adj. Also vste & (error) veste. |
| Etymology | From L ustum, p.ppl. of urēre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. adust ppl. In some examples, use approaches that of a true participle.
1.
Treated with intense heat, calcined.
Associated quotations
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.229rb : Newe sponge is a strong driere & whan it is vst with oile his askes arn good for issu of blood in brestyng veynes.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.229vb-230ra : Gootes muk & namely of þe mountes .. If it be vst, it is mikil violent; .. If it be vst, it is scharp.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.117/13 : Sief rosatum is put of ihesu in þe capitle of liuidite..R[ecipe] rosarum rubiarum..spicernard..cathimie vste & lote & wasshen, [etc.].
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)3.75/21 : A medecene adustyue…wiþ hotnes haþ stipticknez, as calcantum & vitriolum, vst [vr. veste; Ch.(2): brente; L vstum] & not vst.