Meaning of amurca | Babel Free

Definitions

amurca: the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil

declension-1, feminine

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“Coordinate term: fracēs”

“Semina vidi equidem multos medicare serentes Et nitro prius et nigra perfundere amurca, Grandior ut fetus siliquis fallacibus esset”

I likewise saw many steep seeds as they were sowing and, beforehand, treat them with alkalis and the dregs of black olive-oil, that bigger fruits may grow inside the deceitful pod, and they quickly boil to however small a fire.

“Sunt qui figularem cretam cum amurca subigunt, soleque siccatis cydoneis inliniri existimant, si in loco sicco et frigido reponantur.”

There are those who mix potter clay with amurca and hold it to be daubed on quinces when they are set up in a dry and cold stead.

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