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plucher (c.1165)
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The form bluché is a cross reference to the following entry:

plucher (c.1165)

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blucher,  peluscher,  pluchir,  pluscher  (bluter,  buchier)  
  FEW:  *pilucare 8,503a Gdf:  peluchier 6,73a GdfC: ∅ TL: peluchier 7,609 DEAF:  peluchier  DMF:  pelucher  TLF: ∅ OED:  pluck v.  MED:  plucken v.  DMLBS:  pilare 4 2280b

v.trans.

1to pluck, clean (of hair etc.): 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ses gernunez (=whiskers) apparailla E de ses piez les pluscha  (ed. p[e]luscha)  MARIE Fables 56.8
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  et torne les euz hideusement et autremen que l'en ne seut, et porter les mains sa et la come por porter aucune chose ou por prendre ou por pluchir aucone chose de la pareie ou de sa robe  A-N Med i 171
2(of nuts) to shell: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Meuz vodroie q'il ut nois bluché (var. (P: s.xiv1) pluché; (S: s.xiv1/4) blutee)  BIBB ROTH (G) 828
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Homme de nuger pluche (M.E. plukith) noyz  Nominale 27
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ma quarte file Chasteté Si est ore au boys alé D'eplucher noyz (var. (U: s.xiv1/4) blucher; (R: s.xiv1) buchier; (Ph: s.xiv1/3) plucher)  Plainte Am 678

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See also:

eplucher 
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