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† ˈcastory Obs.
[ad. L. castoreum; in OF. castoire, castore.]
= castoreum. Also ‘a colour extracted from castoreum’. (Godef.)
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xiv. (1495) 233 The pacyent shall vse sage and castory..to helpe the palsey. 1586Cogan Haven Health xxxix. (1636) 56 Castory (that is, the stones of the beast Castoreum). 1596Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 41 Overlayd with fayre vermillion or pure castory. 1634Harington Salerne Regim. 132 Castorie hath many Vertues. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden ix, Sage, Castory, Lavender..cure members infected with the Palsie. |