alum (c.1240)
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alum (c.1240)

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[ FEW: 24,376b alumen; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,94c alun; TL: 1,320 alun; DEAF:  alun; DMF:  alun; TLF:  alun; OED:  alum n.1; MED:  alum n. / alumen n.; DMLBS: 72b alumen ]
alim,  alume,  aleum,  alom,  alwm;  alun,  aloen,  aloigne,  aloyn,  alin  

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1pharm.med.alum, whitish transparent mineral salt: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  [P]ernez […] arsenici, vitreole e d’alum uelement unce  i 52
( 1316 )  saffran, alym, gyngivre  Ap II
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  (wine which is) poignant cum aloyn de cordewaner (vars. aloigne de cordwaner)  575 (A)
( 1485-1509 )  Item […] le brocour avera pur brocage […] Alum pur le bale - iij d.  E163/9/21, f.20v
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  alumen: (T) gallice alwm  ii 21
blanc alum
pharm.med.burnt alum (alum deprived of its water of crystallization, which turns it into a white powder): 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  si medlez a ceo un unce de vert alum e atant de blanc alum  32.283
( MS: s.xv )  fetez pudre de blanc alum ovec sanc de dragoun  89.S60
ewe de alum
ewe#1
alum fuille
pharm.toponyma mixture of powdered and crystalized alum mined in Phocaea on the Anatolian coast: 
( 1387 )  .Clxix. bale de alome foille  alum (n.)
( 1441 )  Laurans Marc[o]nova .iijC xl. balez de alyme foille blanke et rouge  E122/141/24
alum de glace
pharm.med.alomglas, potash alum: 
( MS: c.1325 )  Item pur canker de buche. Pernés alun de glas, si mett[e]z desure vo dens  105.152
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Pernez mel e alum de glace  34.303
( MS: s.xv )  metez un poy de alomglas  86.S50
alum jamen
pharm.toponymmed.alum from Yemen (of fine quality): 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  metez la moyté taunt de cel commun ou de alum jamen  38636
alum de plume
pharm.med.feather or plume alum: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  pernet alum de plume unce une  ii 140
alum plumouse
pharm.med.feather or plume alum: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Fundez vostre quivre, si le versez en vin egre medlé ové sal armoniak et alume plumouse  380.7
spure alum
pharm.med.feather or plume alum: 
( MS: c.1400 )  pernez spure alum e le braez emsemble en un esquele  74.T60
vert alum
pharm.med.burnt alum: 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  si medlez a ceo un unce de vert alum e atant de blanc alum  32.283
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