ˈpenide ? Obs.
Forms: 4–5 penyde, 5–7 penede, 6 -idie, 6–7 -idee, 7 penid, 5–9 penide. See also pennet.
[a. F. pénide (15th c. in Godef.), ad. med.L. penidium, usually pl. -ia (Constantinus Afer a 1100), a. med.Gr. πενίδιον, -ια = ‘spuma sacchari’ (frequent in Byzantine medical writers, e.g. Actuarius and Nicolaus Myrepsus); supposed to be ad. Pers. pānīd refined sugar, in Arab. al-fānīd: see alphenic. (Thence also Diapenidion.) Cf. Dozy & Engelmann Glossaire s.v. Alfeñique, and Devic (Littré Supplt.).]
A piece or stick of barley-sugar, or of a similar preparation of sugar, used as a remedy for colds. (Usually pl.)
| 1390 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 19 Pro ij lb. penydes, ij s. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 219 Seþe it wiþ a litil salt & ȝeue it þe pacient & do þeron penidis. 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 81 If there be no feuer, penidees, malowes, orage, gourdes. c 1623 Lodge Poore Mans Talentt (Hunter. Cl.) 28 Take..of sugar penedes to the quantity of them all. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. i. 177 With sugar Penids make a Bolus for one dose. 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 204 If the boiled and yet soft sugar be rapidly..extended, and pulled over a hook, it becomes opaque and white, and then constitutes pulled sugar, or penides. |