Middle English Dictionary Entry
crūsible n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crūsible n. Also corusible. |
| Etymology | ML crūcibulum |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. crusel.
1.
A crucible.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166b/b : Be þai brint vpon a crusible [*Ch.(2): crusselle] or a teste i. scarþe with colez.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)8/31 : Take a crusible wiþ a good quantitee of Mercurie and sette it to a litil fier.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)9/2 : In þe corusible ȝe schal fynde þe gold calcyned and reducid into erþe.