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bresche1 (s.xiii2)
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bresche1 (s.xiii2)

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brecche,  breke,  bres  
  FEW:  brisca 1,535b Gdf:  bresche 1 1,728a GdfC: ∅ TL: bresche 2 1,1134 DEAF:  bresche  DMF:  bresche 1  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  brisca 218a

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1honeycomb: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  ceromellum: bres  TLL i 367
2(as object of little worth): 
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mordauncestre e fresche force Ne vouchent sauf en moy l’escorce De une breke (var. (R: s.xiv1) kerse; (Ph: s.xiv1/3) kreke)  Plainte Am 489
bresche (de mel)
honeycomb: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  un bresche (M.E. honycome) de mel (M.E. hony)  bibb MS (O) 339va
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