opie (s.xiii2/4)
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opie (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  opium 7,374b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  opi (opie)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  opie n.1  MED:  opi(e n.  DMLBS:  opium 2033a
 

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1med.pharm.opium (an analgesic and soporific medicinal preparation derived from juice of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et si puet l'en metre .i. poi de opie, s'il ne puet tant ne quant dormir  i 169
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Affion dicitur opie  365.36
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  Vaut a ceste mal [...] et de murre et de cost et de opie et de checun un dragme et demy  670
opiate  opium 
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