FLOSCLE

FLOSCLE

NOUN
a flower ...1599 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin flosculus a small flower,
dim. of flos flower, blossom
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1599 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Take Mayflowers beinge collected in their right season of the yeare,
as many as will fille a quarte pot, infunde thereon, of the best oyle Olive,
as much as wille cover the floscles, & the impose them in a
kettle of fervente, & ebulliete water, and let them ther boyle
​the space of halfe an hower ..."
 
From: The Boock of Physicke
By: Mr Doctour Oswaldus Gabelhouer
Translated out of High-duche by Mr Doctour Charles Battus
Translated out of Low-duche into Englishe by A.M., 1599
An excellent oyle for preservatione, & Corroboration of the Memorye
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933