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† tithymal Herb. Obs.
Forms: α. 6–8 tithi-, tithymal, -e, 7 tithymall, -e, tythimal, -l, tythymalle. β. 5 tytymal, titi-, titymalle, 8 titimale.
[ad. L. tithymal(l)us spurge, tithymalis sea-spurge (Pliny), a. Gr. τιθύµαλος, τιθυµαλίς. Cf. F. tithymale (13th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
An old name of the Spurge genus of plants.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 294 Take þe grete titimalle & þe smale, & boile hem in vinegre & in oile. c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xi, An erbe þe whiche is cleped tytymal, þe whiche poticaryes knoweth well. 1578Lyte Dodoens iii. xxix. 355 There are..seuen sortes of Tithymal. 1601Chester Love's Martyr (1878) 84 There Mugwort, Sena and Tithiemailes. a1687Petty Pol. Anat. xiii, What is said of the herb Mackenbory is fabulous, only that 'tis a tythimal, which will purge furiously. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 36 The Esula or Spurge is a kind of Tithymal. |