† castoryn.
Obsolete.
= castoreum n. Also ‘a colour extracted from castoreum’ (Godefroy).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > biological product > [noun] > oils
castoreuma1398
castory1398
oil of scorpions1559
castor1601
liver oil1747
cod liver oil1754
cod oil1761
Dippel's oil1819
shore-oil1875
ray-oil1881
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > animal oil > castor
castoreuma1398
castory1398
castor1601
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
brown1549
umberc1568
castory1590
wood-colour1622
burnt umbera1650
Cologne earth1658
Spanish brown1660
raw umber1702
bistre1728
Siena1787
raw sienna1797
Terra Siennaa1817
sepia1821
brown ochre1823
bone brown1831
indigo-brown1838
mummy1854
Cassel brown1860
Prussian brown1860
mineral brown1869
Cappagh brown1875
Verona brown1889
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xiv. 233 The pacyent shall vse sage and castory..to helpe the palsey.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Uij Castorie hath many other vertues.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health xxxix. 51 Castorie (that is the stones of the beast Castoreum).
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix. sig. V8v Ouerlayd With fayre vermilion or pure lastery [Faults Escaped: Castory].
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ix Sage, Castory, Lavender..cure members infected with the Palsie.
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