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balenger1 (c.1340)
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balenger1 (c.1340)

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balengere,  balengier;  balanger;  balingare,  balinger,  balynger,  balingere,  balyngere;  baliner,  balyner;  ballenier  
  FEW:  ballena 1,222b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  baleinier 2 8,279b TL: ∅ DEAF:  baleine 1 (baleinier)  DMF:  baleinier  TLF:  baleinier  OED:  balinger n.  MED:  balinger n.  DMLBS:  balingera 177c

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ship.balinger, small and fast ship (originally a whale ship (?)): 
( 1375-76 )  bargeam et balingeram arraiatam apud Southampton  YMB i 32
( 1377 )  ad unam parvam bargeam competentem vocatam balyngere cum remis  Leicester ii 161
♦mil.ship.warship: 
( c.1340 )  nefs, barges, balingers et d'autres vesseaulx de guerre  Blk Bk Adm 4
( s.xvin )  un balengier d’Engleterre garni de gens d’armes appartenant a monsieur de Gray, admiral de la mer  Privateers 328
( 1408 )  Jehan Degnez, maistre du ballenier de Somme, qui avoit prins un vessel pescheur du dit lieu  Roy Lett Hen IV ii 256
( 1410 )  un balyner […] del portage de .l. tonelx  Rot Parl1 iii 643
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