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boufeure (s.xiii/xiv)
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boufeure (s.xiii/xiv)

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bufor  
  FEW:  buff-, puff- *1,596a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  bufors  DMF:  bouffure  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

sg._and_pl.
musicbellows (of an organ): 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Gereberd [...] fist orgues chauntantz sanz eide de homme [...] la fumee de l’ewe chaude emplist les boufors et les boufors emplerent les pipes d’arrein  TREVET Cron1 278.21
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  folliculus: [...] instrumentum fabricantis est follus quo lapsum succitat ille focum .s. boufeure  TLL i 393
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