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[cuison] (s.xiii2/4)
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The form quichum is a cross reference to the following entry:

[cuison] (s.xiii2/4)

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quichum,  quichun;  quisçon,  quison  (quiton (l. quiçon)  Five Med MSS 101.S123)  
  FEW:  coctio 2 2/i,832b / coquere 2/ii,1163b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cuisson 9,264a TL: cuisson 2 2,1144 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  cuisson  TLF:  cuisson  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1pathol.med.(suppurating) irritation of the skin, (purulent) sore: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  [D]es borbletes e des rupturus de la char que avenunt en la quisse [...] [D]es quichuns qui avenunt en la quise e es jambes e es pez [...]  A-N Med i 83.xvii
2med.cauterization, the process of burning skin or flesh of a wound with a heated instrument or caustic substance to prevent infection or stop bleeding: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  pregne l’en cardons de mer et [...], et les face l’en boillir en ewe de mer [...] et face l’en li malade geun entrer en ite[l] baign. Quisçons faites si sunt bones  A-N Med i 248.185
( MS: s.xv )  E la poudre devant dite vauzt a fere quison sanz fere e sanz feu  Five Med MSS 103.S148

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See also:

cuire1  cuiture 
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