simples

noun

  1. 1

    A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A physician.

  3. 3

    A simple or atomic proposition.

  4. 4

    Something not mixed or compounded.

  5. 5

    A drawloom.

  6. 6

    Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

  7. 7

    A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

verb

  1. 1

    To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

interjection

  1. 1

    Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.

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