Middle English Dictionary Entry
chesse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chesse n. Pl. chesses, chasses. |
| Etymology | OF chasse (from L capsa) a case, container. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The seed pod of the poppy; (b) the poppy [cp. ches-bolle]; ches-sed, poppy seed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1985 : A gloue full of graynes..Of þe chesses of a chesboll.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)219 : Tak seed of bellys þat beþ cleped chesses..& þenne drynk a gret drawȝt of good wyn..& after ete a porcyon of þat seed..& þou schalt slepe sone on warantyse.
b
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)100/36 : [In] Puluis for to make a man sleep agaynz his wille..chessede.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)164/500 : For webbe in mannys eyȝe..take rede chesse that growith emonge corne.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)248/2 : Make a playster of þe juce of chasses or of henne-bane groundyn.