bekas (s.xii)
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bekas (s.xii)

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[ FEW: 1,308b beccus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,310c becace; TL: 1,894 becace; DEAF:  bec (becaz); DMF:  bécasse; TLF:  bécasse; OED: ∅; MED:  beke n.; DMLBS: 188c becassa ]
bekaz,  bekaze;  becace,  becas,  becaz;  becoye;  begase ,  betoye (l. becoye?)  73.27 (n.),  bibikaz  61.5, 
pl. betayes (l. becayes?)  73.27  

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1orn.zool.snipe: 
( MS: s.xii )  aceja: becace  i 21
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  li oisel ke ad noun bekas (M.E. snyte)  795
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  musengez, begasez, blaretz [...]  7.26
( MS: s.xvm )  un becaze anglice snype  322
♦orn.zool.woodcock: 
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  feisantz et cokkis de bois vel becoye (l. becoe)  (D) 22.152
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