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402 GLOSSARY
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" Pissli,
Onyealle, fellon. Lb. I. xxxix., xli., obi.
con t.
the spine up and down the back. films, thin membranes, with some other
cas., from the contents.
" reosan," Gl. Mone, p. 321 b. ult.
On]ied, gen. -es, some wort ; herba quajdam.
Lb. L xl. i. ; IL lii. 1.
larly " Peysel, pieu, echalas" Roque-
Pissli is a contraction of Paxilli ; simi-
Onrpjiengan, to administer a clyster. Lb. fort. But, as we know from Cicero,
1. iv. 6. From Spjimg, a gush of water,
Paxillus was also contracted into Palus,
hence, a lavement, a sousing, a washing, and these muscles were called Pala,
a KXvffjxds.
like Pala, stipes, palus, in Du Cange.
Onji8&p unripe. Lb. I. ii. 14.
" Rugge—bratun, pahe, sunt dorsi dex-
Opa)-, Quad. viii. 6, plural of Hojih.
" tra Iffivaque eminentia membra," Gl.
Oxan)-lyppe fem. gen. -an, oxlip, Hoffmann. " Palsc Ugutioni 'Dorsi
primula elatior. Lb. I. ii. 15.
" '
dextra Isevaque eminentia membra,
Oxnalib, neut, oxheal, Hellehorus fatidus " '
dicta sic, quia in luctando eas preand
H. viridis (Cotgrave in Ellebore). " '
mimus, quia luctari vel luctam
Oleotropius, Gl. Dun. Lb. L xxxii. " '
Gra3ci dicunt Palim.' ' Palai sunt
2. ; L x.
" '
dorsi dextra laevaque eminentia
" '
membra ; dicta quod in luctando
*' '
eas pi'emimus, quod Grseci traXaUiv
" '
dicunt.' Isidorus," and so on (Du
P.
Cange). The sense suits the passages
where jisegeiieoj-an occurs, Lb. I.
Ixxi., Ixxxi. ; II. xxxi, " Pala;,
Pic, gen. -es, neut, pitch, pix. Lb. I.
j;e]'culb)je," Gl. Somn. p. 71 a, 44, the
xxxviii. 9 ; II. xli. ; III. xv.
shoulder blades, and in this sense the
Pipop, gen. -es, masc, pepper, piper;
dictionary to Cajlius Aurelianus, who
Lb.IL vii.
often uses the word, understands it.
Poc, gen. pocces, masc, a pock, pustula ut
•'
Pala;, ricgrible," Gl. Mone, p. 317 b.
in variola. Lb. I. xl.
Raej) row, ordo, series: dat. jiaepe, CD.
Punb, gen. -es, neut.; 1. a pound, as Lexx.
vol. iii. p. XXV.
2. a pint. Lb. II. Ixvii. So "
; ace. jisej'e. Lb. II.
Norma,
xxxiii
"
; also Gl. in Lye.
paetep punb," Gl. Somn. p. G8 b, 11.,
that is, a pound of water is a pint of
Rasa, Rage, lichen, X^ixh^. Lb. I.
water, and a pint of water is a pint for
xxxviii. 8 ; I. Ixviii.
all liquids.
Ra^u ~i
meo]-, Deuteron. xxviii. 42,
Puj-lian, to pick out the best hits, optima neither word is used therewith precision.
qnacpie legere. Lb. III. Ixix. " Peuse- The Gl. give Massiclum, Mossidum,
" len, (among kindred senses) summis which are formatives of our Moss,
" digitis varia cibaria carpere," (Kilian).
lichen being considered a sort of moss.
Ramgealla, masc, gen. -an, " ramgalV
From the name gall, no doubt a gentianaceous
plant ; said Lb. I. Ii. to be particoloured.
This description answers to
R
Menyanthes trifoliata, which is very
bitter and much administered by herb
Rsesejieofe, fem., Lb. XL xxxi. ; also doctors. (Sir J. E. Smith.)
Raegepeosa, masc, Lb. I. Ixxi. ; pi. -an ;
Renbpian, I presume to be the still current
the two ridges of muscles on cither side of Render, applied to suet. Suet is full of