madera

madera [ME madere < AS mædere] , (bot.) madder (Rubia tinctorum; in quots., w. ref. to the root used esp. in preparation of dye). 1393 de qualibet bala ~e vel waide, unum quadrantem Pat 338 m. 19; 1395 habetis ‥ waidam, ~am, wodhassh’ ‥ Cl 236 m. 12; 1417 omnimoda mercimonia, species, vina, wadda, ~a, alumen et omnes alie mercandise que sunt per pondus vendende Mem. York II 81; 1420 pro vij pipis lini crudi, vj balis madre EEC 503 (London) ; 1439 [nullus emat] pannum lineum ‥, coverchiefs ‥, ~am, smigma, waidam nec aliquid aliud genus grocerie Cl 289 m. 6d.; magedan, verviculi, warence, madyr MS BL Add. 15236 f. 180; magedera [Plant Names 166: †magedena], made[r] MS Bodleian Ashmole 1447 p. 211.