arcillous (s.xii2)
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arcillous (s.xii2)

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  FEW:  argilla 25,202a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  argilos 8,180c TL: argilos 1,522 DEAF:  argile (argilos)  DMF:  argileux  TLF:  argileux  OED:  argillose a.  / argillous a.  MED:  argillous a.  DMLBS:  argillosus 124a
argillus,  argilus;  arsilous,  arsilus,  arsiluss  

a.

1(of soil) clayey, marly, argillaceous: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  en terre argilluse  128
( MS: s.xiii )  alunnosa: arsilous  ii 122
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  terre arcillouse e terre perouse (=‘stony’)  322
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Est autem aratrum difficilis regiminis cum in antimonia vel tera gipsea gloss: (L) arsiluse (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) arsilusse)  ii 77.161
arcil#1  arciller 
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