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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1409. From pegar (“to glue”). Cognate with Portuguese pegamasso.
Pronunciation
Noun
pegamazo m (plural pegamazos)
- (archaic, medicine) poultice, dressing
- Synonyms: emplasto, papuxas
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 183:A estas enfirmidades dos ollos faras taes meeziñas: primeiramente ao ollo que lagrimeja faras na fronte do cavalo estritorio, que quer dizer pegamaço como emprasto, e reel·lo ás a par das trincheiras; e filla o poo d’almecega e azeite e as craras dos ovos, e amasa todo moi ben e pono en pano de liño ancho de quatro dedos, e seja tan longo que atanga de űa trincheira aa outra en meio da f[r]onte. Ponlle este emprasto e teñao ata que se exuguen os ollos e, quando quiseres tirar este emprasto, mollao con azeite arredor e con agoa caente, e leva[n]tao levemente.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
References
- “pegamaço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pegamaz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.