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esquassure (s.xii/xiii)
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esquassure (s.xii/xiii)

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equacheure,  equachure,  equasure;  escachure,  esquachure;   
  FEW:  quassare *2/ii,1430a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1med.fracture: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ne remyst sygne de esquassure, Ne merk ne enpeynte de blesçure  S Fran ANTS 7171
2smudging, blotching: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  Scriptor [...] habeat dentem verris sive apri ad polliendum pergamenum ut non liquescat litera sive litura (gloss: equasure) facta sit [...] vel literas scriptas cancellaverit  TLL i 189.168 and ii 90.168
( MS: s.xiii )  littura: equachure  TLL ii 117.168
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  litura: (D) esquachure (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) equachure)  TLL ii 79.168
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