Middle English Dictionary Entry
blā̆king ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | blā̆king ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Growing black; (b) applying blacking; dyeing (of hair) brown or dark.
Associated quotations
a
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)55b : Drynes procedeth as whitith the matter, Lyke as in blackyng moisture dothe hyme shew By collor variant.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123b/a : For vnwise blackyngez of herez [*Ch.(2): makynges blake] with comoun medicynez..many wymmen come in to perilez.
- (1452-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)342/9 : For..blakkynge of j peyr henges.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Lystyne lordys verament (Lin-O Lat.141)26 : He bequethyd hys dowtyre Anne Hys blackyng pot, hys blackyng panne.
Note: New sense: shoemaker's blacking; ~ pot, a pot for shoemaker's blacking; ~ panne, ?a metal container which can be heated and is used for finishing shoes.--per RCR