1ship.bot.pitch, dark and resinous substance obtained from the distillation of wood tar or turpentine, hard when cold and semi-liquid when hot, typically used to caulk seams of wooden vessels or as a flammable material:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Estupes e peiz prist E alumer les fist, Tut s’en envolupat
Comput ANTS 663
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Grant pople i ad en Inde [...] E un i ad plus noir qe poiz ne resine
Rom Chev ANTS 4715
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
E vus al kaudrun ces buillez En peiz
(var. (F: s.xiv1/4) pys) [e] en suffre ensement
Lum Lais ANTS 13165
(
s.xiii3/3;
MS: s.xivm
)
si nul soit atteint de larcine, soit toundu [...] et pice boillante sur sa teste versé
Rich I 5.18
(
c.1300?;
MS: s.xivm
)
fetez quire en piz tant que seit si [es]pesse cum past
Med Comp ANTS 268
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
De chescun baryl de pyz ou de jemme, .j.
Dom Gip 184
(
s.xiv2;
MS: c.1400
)
Franchement par le fu et lez picz ardantz
(Latin: per ignem et ardentem picem) passerent
Lichfield 59.6
2bot.resin or crude turpentine which exudes from some coniferous trees, typically aromatic:
(
MS: c.1300
)
Pur malveis aleine: Pernez le fust aloen, galingal, gilofre, vin blanc, pic. Quisez ensemble
Pop Med 321.63
pois1 (1113-19)