Middle English Dictionary Entry
cūte adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cūte adj. & n. Also kewte, coet. |
| Etymology | OF cuit, ppl. of cuire cook, boil. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of wine: boiled down to one third of the original volume; (b) of iii (ii) ~, of a liquor: reduced to one third (one half) by boiling.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)118 : The namys of swete wynes..Vernage, vernagelle, wyne Cute..Muscadelle of grew.
b
- (1428) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)190/5 : Sugre of iij coet.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57305 : He paid to Water of Colchestre for a li. sugre of ij kute [vr. kewte], xviij d.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)138,159 : Sugre of iij cute white, hoot & moyst in his propurte..gynger of iij cute.