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

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[ gdw]

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

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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
opiate  opium 
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