See Also: rhusma(medicine)

bleck (iou) and rhusma (medicine)


bleck (iou)



bleck noun & verb. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. ME.

A. noun.
A black fluid substance; spec. (a) ink; (b) a preparation used for blacking leather; (c) black grease for axles etc. ME.
Soot; a particle of soot. L16.
b. verb trans.
Make black; blacken with ink etc. LME.
fig. Blacken morally; defile. LME.
Enter with ink; write. LME.

rhusma (medicine)


rhusma
<alchemy> A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, used in the depilation of hides.

See: Rusma.