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bure2 (1214-16)
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bure2 (1214-16)

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bur,  birre  
  FEW:  *bura 1,630b Gdf:  burre 1,760a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  bure 2  DMF:  bure 3  TLF:  bure 1  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  burrus 2 227c / birrus 200c

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textilerag, strip of cloth (?): 
( MS: s.xiv )  ancias: bendis, buris  TLL ii 61
( MS: s.xiv )  scirmata: anglice ragys .s. plicas vel tenies gallice, vel burs, lé frengis  TLL ii 58
♦textilecolourburel, coarse brown cloth: 
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Ces ke tu voys vestu de birre (l. bure ?) de une colour, ces sunt ewekes  Turpin 539
♦textilecloth (as opposed to parchment or paper): 
( 1305 )  [...] que la chartre le Rey fut fet de bure  Rot Parl1 i 465
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