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poucer (s.xii1/3)
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poucer (s.xii1/3)

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pocer;  pochier;  pocier,  pocir;  polcier;  poucere,  poucier;  pucer,  pucir,  pulcer  (poueir  Mir Just 132)  
  FEW:  pollex 9,133a Gdf:  poucier 6,342c GdfC:  poucier 10,388c TL: poucier 7,1657 DEAF:  pouz (poucier 1)  DMF:  poucier 1  TLF:  pouce (poucier)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1anat.thumb, digit of the hand that is opposable to the fingers: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  Onix [...] De cinc maneres le trovum: Faite cum ungle de main U cume pulcer de vilain [...]  Lapid 253.1548
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Lur oilz (=of the blind) seigna de sun poucier  S Edw barking 3669
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  Del quart al tierz (=generation) [...] Serrat li polcier en l’oile turnez  Merlin Proph helias 39.163
( MS: c.1250 )  Hic pollex: pucer  TLL i 412
( MS: s.xiv3/3 )  si une ligne ceynt le poucer tut entur, signefie qe il pendera  Chiromancies tlm 57.36 (var. D)
( MS: s.xivin )  Si est une veigne bien raimé: Qe soy estent vers le pucer, Pur cardinake y devez seignier  Phlebotomy 61
2lengthunitthumb’s breadth, inch: 
( s.xiii4/4 )  [...] porte enseine en son soverain garnement c’est assaver en fourme de deus tables joyntes de feutre jaune de la longure de sis poucers  Stats i 221
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Poyn, poucer et paumee (M.E. Fuste, unche and spanne)  Nominale 63

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See also:

pouce1  poucet  poucié 
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