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pharm.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
A-N Med ii 210.26
pharm.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
A-N Med ii 148.62
pillule orré
pharm.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
Five Med MSS 150.E348
pillule (c.1300)