Middle English Dictionary Entry
calid adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | calid adj. Also callid, (Latinate) calida. |
| Etymology | L calidus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hot, heated; (b) of humors or bodily organs: having heat as a natural characteristic; (c) as noun: warm water (aqua calida).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)270/873 : Tak calid dunge and barly mele.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8a/a-b : Calid & sicca forsoþ be noȝt any membrez said, ffor ouer þe nature of þe skyn..is noȝt founden any membre symple more callid & sicca þan it..Calid [*Ch.(2): hote] & humid membrez be seid blode..spiritez & flesh.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)28b/b : Naturale [colre] is an humour callid & siccus, subtile in substance.
c
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.34v : Wassh hem & make ryȝt clene & stampe hem in a morter with 2 li. of calida & tempre wel al togydere.