Middle English Dictionary Entry
bōl(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | bōl(e n.(3) Also boile. |
| Etymology | ML bōlus (from Gr. 'clod of earth'). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A red astringent earth, Armenian bole (used as a styptic, etc.); ~ armoniac.
Associated quotations
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)559 : Bolum, i. bol.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.790 : Bole armonyak, verdegrees, boras.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)103b/a : Som [medicines] constreyneþ and stintiþ blood, as Corallus, Bolus, Emathites.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)41/6 : Anoynte alle þe membris aboute þe wounde wiþ hoot oile of rosis, maad þicke with bool armoniak.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)95/2 : Defende þe lyme þat is hool aboute [the cankre] with defensif of bole.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)43a/a : Emplastre with bole armoniac & album ouorum þat..of fomentacioun, mollifying, and resoluyng & of stupe & ligature is competent in processe.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)25/6 : Putte in þe kuttyng puluer of boli.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)65/37 : Bole armoniac..bole with his drynes and viscosite consumiþ þe moistenez.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186a/b : Bole is a rede erþe, colde & drye in þe secounde degree, wiþ repercussioun and wiþ restreynynge.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)116 : I putte uppone the wounde of the poudir..of boly.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)197/10 : Contra fluxum sa[n]guinis ex naribus: medyll bole with þe juce of sanguinary and draw yt in at thyn nosethyrlis.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)153 : Tak bool armanyk..& poudre þy bool & þy gomme, & tempre hem wyþ oyle roset.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 74/7 : To make anoþer syse. Take boyle or okyr or browne of Spayne and grynde hym on a mollur.
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 82/2 : To make þi syses to lymme with. Take ceruse and a lytell bole and grynd them together with gleyre and water.
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 89/10 : To make a cyse..take bule and ceruse and gleyere and saferon.
- a1500 Sln.122 Artist.Recipes (Sln 122) 120/5,6 : Put þerto a litel ȝelowe bole to coloure it with, and take good hede for þer ben too manner of bole, ȝelowe and reed.
Note: Glossary: "bole, boyl(e, bule, bul n. 'bole (clay substrate for gilding, typically red)'."
Note: ?New sense. Cf. bole, n.2, sesen 1. a. ' The name of several kinds of fine, compact, earthy, or unctuous clay, usually of a yellow, red, or brown colour due to the presence of iron oxide.' Some of the existing quots. prob. should go under this sense, too.
Note: New spelling (bule).
- a1500 Ashm.750 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 750) 258/6 : Tak boyl Armoniak, and half as myche of Spruce ocor, and a litil quantite of whyte coperose, and grynd al those wel.
- a1500 Pmb-O.21 Artist.Recipes (Pmb-O 21) 275/12 : Tak bul Armonyak and red led and grynd hem togeder.
Note: Need date.
Note: New spellings (boil, bul).