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Saracenicus [Σαρακηνικός] 1 of Saracens, Saracenic, Mohammedan. illic non dubitarent subsistere ubi vel pestifero afflarentur aere vel ~a occiderentur rabia W. Malm. GR IV 372; idiomate ~o vociferans se esse Melech, quod Latine dicitur rex Itin. Ric. IV 28; unde ut multiplicetur gens Sarracenica ‥ instituit Machomet, ut uxores ‥ quot possunt sustinere tot habeant M. Par. Maj. III 356; Grecorum pugnas et Sarracenica bella Garl. Tri. Eccl. 117; Baldac civitas regia, in qua Caliph dominus Saracenite secte sedem ‥ consituit Bacon Maj. I 333; secta ~a, que est hodie longe major quam secta Christiana, a Cristianismo cecidit Wycl. Chr. & Antichr. 672; sunt ‥ tres leges magis famose hodie, sc. lex Moysayca, lex ewangelica et lex Sarracenica Id. Ver. I 250. 2 (in names of plants and products): a (menta ~a or ellipt.) costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita). b (solidago ~a) ? golden-rod (Solidago virgaurea) or Saracen's woundwort (Senecio saracenicus). c (opus ~um) fine silk material (cf. ME sarsinet). d (w. pulvis or terra) sort of powder, resin, or sim. used for medical purposes. a mente Sarracenice et alterius mente Gilb. VII 316v. 2; ~a, woderove MS BL Sloane 2479 f. 104.  b Saracenes consounde is called in Latine solidago ~a ‥ in English ‥ Saracenes woundwoort OED s. v. woundwort.  c 1235 j par cyngular’ de serico de opere Sarracen’ cum bucl’ ferreis Chanc. Misc. 3/4; 1245 dalmatica de opere ~o inveterata et perforata undique Invent. S. Paul. 486; 1295 item duo panni de opere ~o, cujus campus niger, datus pro anima ‥ regine, assignantur ad aurifrigium caparum MonA (1673) III 326.  d fronti et gutturi applicata terra Sarracenica vel terra sigillis Gilb. III 153. 2; terra sigillata ‥ que dicitur secundum Pla’ [ed. 1601: Plat’, Trevisa: Dyas] terra Sarracenica [ed. 1601: Saracenica; Trevisa: terra Sarecenica] et argentea Bart. Angl. XVI 96; 1323 p[ulveres] trifar’ Sarazenice, libra j, precium iiij s. War. Issue 482; c1550 take one parte of terrasygyllata, an an other of the gumme called ~um OED s. v. terra sigillata.

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