abestos (s.xii1/3)
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abestos (s.xii1/3)

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  FEW:  asbestos 25,407a Gdf:  abestos 1,22a GdfC:  asbeste 8,197a TL: asbeste 1,559 DEAF:  asbeste (abeston)  DMF:  abeston  / asbeste  TLF:  asbeste  OED:  asbestos n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  asbestos 135c
abeston  
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1lapid.asbestos, iron-coloured mineral or stone that cannot be extinguished when burning: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Abestos (var. (C: s.xiii2) Abeston ) vient de la contree D’Archade. Ceste piere a de fer culur, Si par est de si grant vigur: S’ele est esprise d’une part, N’iert mais esteinte, tuz jurz art  55.XXXIII.673
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Abestos est en la cuntree de Arcadie  110.lii
abestande  albeston 
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