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oche (s.xiii2/4)

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oche (s.xiii2/4)

osche, 
pl. ochis  
  FEW:  *osca 7,431 Gdf: GdfC:  hoche 9,760c TL: osche 6,1324 DEAF:  osche  DMF:  osche  TLF: OED:  notch n.  MED: DMLBS:

s.

notch, nick or incision made on a stick (as a means of keeping a tally)
( 1315 )  La taile est [...] une choce muette [...] et il y ad ochis si et nous ne savoms s'il seient des boefs ou dé vachis ou de altre choce  YBB Ed II xvii 180
tally
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E s'il (= Man) fust tenu en bien fait L'osche des angles fust refait, Mais li home peccha lost en eire E l'osche remist a parfaire  Mirur3 7292 and 7294
breach, hole
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Li chamberleins [...] vait le larcin a veire; Par grant osche k'il trove (= in money chest), Ke damage i est fait prove  S Edw paris ANTS 1012

[hp]

See also:

enocher  noche1  ocher 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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