brakelinge - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

brakelinge ger.

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Forms	brakelinge ger.
Etymology

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

Vomiting; application of a vomitive.

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?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)148b/a : He schal þrowe it out..in brakelyng [*Ch.(1): vomityng].
?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)166a/a : By laxatyf, by brakelynge and..by clisteres.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. brakeling.