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mescine1 (s.xii1/3)
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The form messine2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

mescine1 (s.xii1/3)

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mecine,  messine  
  FEW:  medicina 6/i,598b Gdf:  mecine 5,210c GdfC: ∅ TL: mecine 5,1330 DEAF:  mecine  DMF:  mécine  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1med.(science and practice of) medicine: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Uns moine [...] Bien apris de l'art de mescine  Dial Greg SATF 19664
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Avogles ad esté d'enfance. Guarir par vus mut ad fiance. Messine li est ja aprise  S Edw paris ANTS 2742
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Medicine dunc prendre deit, Meske trop destemprant ne seit, Sulum ceo k'est en art livré De mescine, e mestres unt enseigné  Secr abernun 2119
2med.remedy, cure: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Mires la (=a stone) tienent pur mescine  Lapid 237.1023
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  De nostre mal long' [e]n est la mescine  Adam2 582
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Si set maint art e mainte pute guische. Ele conuist herbes, ben set temprer mescines  Ch Guill 2593
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  La mescine de ceo ke devez receivre Est ke devez chaude eue beivre Od cirup acetus e geter  Secr abernun 1786
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  et mecines laxatives funt a user en cel tens  Waterford busby 243.S39.24
♦fig.remedy, cure: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Mais par cunseil de la reine, Qui enseignat une mescine, Remist le mal e la bataille  GAIMAR1 772
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  En li (=J.C.) est mescine, en li est racine de nostre sauvaciun  Reimpredigten 140.118
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Le quint livre est [...] De mescine des set sacremenz Dunt il cure, ki bien creient, genz  Lum Lais ANTS 603
3med.medicinal virtue: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Suz ciel n'ad [...] Herbe n'espece qui ait en sei mescine Dunt l'om ne troisse u foille u racine  Anc Test (B) 13113
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  De freine pernez la racine, Kar ele ad en sei grant mescine  Nov Chir ANTS 591

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See also:

medicine  mescinal  mescinement  mesciner 
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