Middle English Dictionary Entry
conche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | conche n. Also conk(e, congh. |
| Etymology | OF conche & L concha. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A sea shell; (b) a shallow vessel or bowl (as for chrism, medicines).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.315 : Conchous of þe see.
b
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5264/33 : Super officio scutellarie..pro j conke et j bokete.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95a/b : Þat þe medicynes..be put..in a congh i. shel [L concha].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)148b/b : Afterward be al put in to a concham vessel & be þer added to white wyne.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)29 : A fayre conk of porphiry ston.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)50 : That same uessel in whech constantyn was baptized, þat on uulgare name is clepid a conke, it was hewyn owt of a blak ston polchid as brith as geet.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)989 : Gedeons flece toke dewe, nothing blemyst the wolle…Gedeon wronge out the dewe wareof a conke filled was.
Note: Supplemental material
Note: Belongs to sense (b).--per MLL