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escume (s.xii^1/3)

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escume (s.xii^1/3)

eschume (etcume (l. eçcume) 92)

FEW: *skum- 17,137a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: escume 9,525a TL: escume 3,1024 DEAF: escume DMF: écume TLF: écume OED: escume n. / scum n. MED: scome n. DMLBS: ∅

1foam, froth:

( MS: s.xiii ) Assit etiam coclear magnum, quo spuma (gloss: l’escume) vel ebulitio olle possint castigari i 181.61 and ii 85.61

( MS: 1272-82 ) la mer vet e vent e tous jours gette escume 90

♦med.froth, foaming saliva:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) pulente e puante escume furma il 10.5

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) (the epileptic) a tere chey E veutra mut horriblement E le escume le saudreyt hors De la bouche 5451

( MS: s.xiv¹ ) Item pernez un chival tut sor e taunt le facez coure que il escume. E pernez cele escume […] 23.172

2metallitharge, spume, lead oxide produced by slow cooling (sometimes added to gold or silver to give it a yellowish-red colour):

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) D’escume de plum et d’argent, Si est faite ensi faitement 247.1351

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) puis i metez de l’ escume d’argent e litargire e cire i 65

( c.1300 ) Litigerus [...] D’ escume de plum et d’argent, Si est faite ensi faitement 247.1351

( MS: s.xv ) Oygnement blanche pur roigne e teigne. Pernez demi livere de eschume de hor, e del tazgeron .iij. unces 168.E585

escume de blanc mel

skim:

( MS: c.1300 ) oint la teste e sorcilz de l’escume de blaunc miel e mist la pudre desore 315.4

escume de fer

rust:

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Aymaunt [...] resemble a escume de fer 128

escume de noier
noier¹