serpentarius

serpentarius [CL serpens+-arius] 1 that bears a snake or serpent. lapis ~ius est qui habet serpentem procinctum, cujus caput dextera manu tenet et in sinistra caudam Sculp. Lap. 449. 2 (bot., as sb. f.) dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris) or adderwort, snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). Cf. serpentinus 3. ~ia ‥ nuncupatur Bart. Angl. XVII 50 (v. coluber a); gerse ~ie ana ξ j Gilb. III 167. 1; Ib. V 229. 2 (v. 2 dracontia); c1300 ~ia, dragantea idem G. serpentarie vel dragance MS BL Add. 15236 f. 8; 13‥ ~ea, dragancia, colubrana ‥ G. serpentarie, A. nedderwort MS BL Sloane 5 f. 11v; SB 12 (v. basilisca); SB 24 (v. gersa 1); luf, i. herba ~ia SB 28; herpentaria, ~ia ‥ idem Alph. 82; Ib. 167 (v. serpens 1a); Turner Herb. A iii (v. pes 16s). 3 sort of apparatus for distillation, still or retort, ‘serpentary’. aqua vite simplex fit de vino forti per viam distillacionis in alembico ‥ vel ~ia ‥ distilla per alembicum lento igne vel claro vel in ~ia Gad. 66v. 2.

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