Obs. Old Med. [med.L. tapsi mel, lit. honey of THAPSUS or Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).] ‘A plaster made of mullein and other herbs with honey.
c. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Surgery (E.E.T.S.), 31. Þat confeccion … þat receyueþ Smalache, wormode, moleyne, sparge, &c., wiþ clarified hony soþen togidre at þe fire and kept by itself in a vessell is called ‘Tapsimel.’ Ibid., 35. Þat he take þe ȝolke of an ey to whiche be added þe half parte of tapsimell. Ibid., 73. Þis oyntment is called tapsimel, of tapsi-barbati.
1658. Rowland, trans. Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 912. I might here set down the … Tapsimel of Arden, and all syrups that were anciently made of honey.
