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† sesamine, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. sēsamin-us, a. Gr. σησάµινος, f. σήσαµον sesamum.]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to, or obtained from sesame.
1608Topsell Serpents 214 A Sesamyne seede. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 454 They were annointed with Sesamine oyle.
2. = sesamoid.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 31 The Sesamine Ossicles.
B. n. = sesame.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 133 A vomit made of Butter, Annise, and oyle of Sesamine. 1608― Serpents 212 Drinke also two drammes of the roote of Centaury, or Hart-wort, Nosewort, or Gentian, or Sesamine. |