Middle English Dictionary Entry
canūlāt adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | canūlāt adj. & n. |
| Etymology | ML canulātus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hollow, tubular; (b) a tubular instrument.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18a/b : It haþ a necke canulate [*Ch.(2): holow; L canulatum] withinforþ as the ȝerde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)134b/a : Makyng a hole vnderneþe corneam with a canulate nedille.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151a/b : Be it [matrice] opned wiþ nailez or wiþ a Rasour & a canulate tent [*Ch.(2): an holowe pype] of tree.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)54a/a : And if þai [infixed þingez in woundez] beþ barbulate, be þe barbez y-take wiþ canulatez [*Ch.(2): holowe pynsones; L canulatis].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)73b/b : Be þer put in þe noseþrillez..canulatez [L cannulate; *Ch.(2): pypes] of gose federez, þat þe aier & þe sanie may haue þair brethingez.