boreis (s.xiii2)
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boreis (s.xiii2)

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[ FEW: *19,32a bauraq; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  borax n.; MED:  boras n.; DMLBS: 207b borax 1 ]
borays;  borreys;  burreys  

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1pharm.med.borax, generic name for different types of salt: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pernét [...] de sal armoniac plus de un ferding et de borays demi ferding  382.24
♦pharm.med.crude borax, tincal: 
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  borax est quedam gumma unde consolidatur aurum, anglice et gallice boreis  23.24-25
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