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‖ psiˈlothron Obs.
Also 7 psylo-, psilothrum.
[L. psīlōthrum, a. Gr. ψίλωθρον a depilatory, f. ψῑλοῦν to bare, with instrumental suffix.]
1. = prec. 1.
[c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 294 Þou schalt anointe al þe place with psilatro [i.e. cum psilatro]. a1387Sinon. Barthol. 35 Psilotrum, depilatorium idem. ]1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 59 The milk..With the gall of an hedghog, and braine of a Bat, it is a psilothron. Ibid. 131 [etc.].
2. = prec. 2.
1601Holland Pliny xxiii. i. II. 149 There is a certain wild white vine, which..others [call] Melothron or Psilothrum... This know the curriours well who dresse skins, for they use it much. 1706Phillips, Psilothron, the Herb Briony or white Vine. |