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ewerose (s.xiii)

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ewerose (s.xiii)

eaurose,  eawrose,  euwerose,  everose;  yauerose  
  FEW:  rosa 10,477a Gdf: GdfC:  rose 10,591c TL: rose 8,1473 DEAF:  rose  DMF:  rose (eau (de) rose)  TLF:  rose 1  OED:  rose water n. and a.  MED:  rose n.1 (rose water)  DMLBS:

For the similar phrases ewe de roses and ewe rosat, see the locutions sub rose1 and rosat rosat.

s.

pharm.rose water, water distilled from roses or scented with essence of roses
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  pernez ceruse et destemprez od eve rose  Orn Dames 439
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiiiex ) Triulee en poudre et meslee oveques yaue rose  Lapid 151.xxxi.3
( MS: s.xivin )  Pernetz le juis de plauntaigne la greindre et la meindre, euwe rose, de chescun ouwelement un quartroun de la lyvere  Pop Med 71.49
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  par la chalour de fieu si court hors l’eawrose ausi en un vessel de veer  Sz Med1 150.10
( MS: s.xiv2 )  confisez la poudre de litarge e de ceruse en ewe rose  Rom 37 521
( 1433 )  ung petit barillet d’argent doré [...], a ung petit biberon d’un viz a mettre eau rose  Bedford Inventories 202.B133

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See also:

ewe1  rose1 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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