pillule (c.1300)

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pillule (c.1300)

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  FEW:  pilula 8,508b Gdf: GdfC:  pilule 10,339c TL: pilule 7,945 DEAF:  pilule  DMF:  pilule  TLF:  pilule  OED:  pilule n.  MED:  pilule n.  DMLBS:  pilula 2282a
pilule; 
pl. pillulis  

s.

pillule castoire
1pharm.med.pill containing castoreum (extracted from beaver glands)
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ad vertin quele ke seit e [a] amender la vue: pernez une medicine, pillule castorie, en ewe tefe ou seit destemperé le peis de une maile  ii 210.26
pillule diacastoree
diacastoree
pillule fetide
1pharm.med.type of pill that is foul-smelling (?), used as a purgative
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  pus l'espurgét ke yeralogodion ou theodoricon euperiston ou benedicta ou yera fortis ou piles de euforbe ou pillulis fetidis ke proprement apertiene[n]t a ceste maladie  ii 148.62
pillule orré
1pharm.med.type of pill that is gold-coloured or gilded or that contains auric acid (?), used as a purgative
( MS: s.xv )  Pilule auree valent encountre oye neþ, checun a la quantité de un peys  150.E348
pelote  pile#1  pilecte 
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pillule