† ˈmundified, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. mundify v. + -ed1.]
Cleansed; spec. freed from husk or other integument.
| 1558 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. (1568) 3 Pine apple kernelles mondified. 1580 Blundevil Order Curing Horses Dis. v. 4 b, Giue him..barlie faire sifted, and well sodden, and also mundified, that is to saie, the huske pulled awaie, like as when you blanch Almonds. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Cough, The Patient may take a Spoonful of mundify'd Barley. 1736 Bailey Housh. Dict. 365 Give him also gentle purges of mundified cassia. |