† galbane Obs.
Also 1, 4 galban.
[Anglicized form of galbanum.]
= galbanum 1.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 174 Læcedom..alwan wiþ untrymnessum & galbanes wiþ nearwum breostum. 1388 Wyclif Exod. xxx. 34 The Lord seide to Moises, Take to thee swete smellynge spyceries..galban of good odour, and pureste encense. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 905 Eek brymstoon and galbane oute chasith gnattis. 1555 Eden Decades 250 They are these folowynge..Ammoniac, Galbane. |