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† malax, v. Obs.
Also 5–7 malaxe.
[ad. L. malax-āre: see malaxate. Cf. F. malaxer.]
1. trans. To rub or knead (a plaster, etc.) to softness.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 132 Whanne þin hondis ben anoyntid wiþ oile of rosis, malaxe it [sc. a plaster] longe tyme togidere. 1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. iii. i. vi. 93 Strayn them, and make a cerote wyth whyte waxe, and malaxe it in cowes mylke. 1597Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 322 Using on the wound the emplaister Diacalciteos malaxed in wine. 1639J. W. tr. Guibert's Char. Physic. ii. 117 Powder all the medicaments severally, then mixe..and beate and malaxe them into a mass. 1693N. Staphorst tr. Rauwolf's Trav. East in Ray's Journ. Low C. (1738) II. 21 He..toucheth and stretcheth your joints again in such a manner, as if he did malax a plaister. 1754–64Smellie Midwif. I. Introd. 36 A poultice of barley-meal malaxed with oil must be applied.
2. To soften. (Said of a material agent.)
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. xiii. (1678) 637 A mollifying Medicin..malaxeth or softeneth hardned bodies. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 116/1 The major, who complained that his appetite had forsaken him, amused himself with some forty hard eggs, malaxed with salt butter.
Hence † malaxing ppl. a.
1638A. Read Chirurg. ii. 12 Unlesse fomentation with some moystning and malaxing liquor be used. |