Middle English Dictionary Entry
cavernǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cavernǒus adj. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Having caverns; (b) having a sinus; (c) hollow.
Associated quotations
a
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3769 : Thys hyl is craggy & eke cauernous.
b
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.55va : Ageyn cancre in þe mouth of cauernosite of þe sinwes -- of holes and pittes in þe sinwes --: tak pouder of him & pouder of resyn & medle togidre, and sethe to þe middis til it be thikke as mustard; & þerwith oynte tho partes þat bene cauernous: it helpeth hugely.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)78/3 : Þer ben vj maner of þis vlcus..summe cauernose [L cauernosum] eiþer hid.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)89/12 : A festre haþ difference from a deeþ vlcus & a cauernose.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)80b/a : Vlcere cauernous [*Ch.(2): denny or holow; L cauernosum] is þat of which þe orifice is streite & profondite, brode & hid.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)85b/b : Fistule is an vlcere profound & cauernous.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)115b/b : Hand wormez ar smale or litel bestez makyng cauernous [*Ch.(2): holowe; L cauernosas] waiez in corrodyng a tuyx þe flesh & þe skyn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)150b/b : Vaporose ventosite in þe nerue syracocodeo i. cauernose.