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boiste (c.1150)
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boiste (c.1150)

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boeste,  boist,  boit,  boitte,  boste;  buiste,  buste   (boyçte,  boys  ii 7,  buçte  ii 173)  
  FEW:  pyxis 9,649b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  boiste 8,336b TL: boiste 1,1036 DEAF:  boiste  DMF:  boîte  TLF:  boîte  OED:  boist n.  MED:  boist(e n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1bot.treesbox(-tree): 
( MS: c.1250 )  hec buxus: boist  i 427.533
2box, small chest: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  En une boiste la (=tooth of a saint) ferma, Mult estreitement le garda  1459
( MS: s.xiii )  pixides: boistes  ii 117.172
( 1296 )  Nous vous enveoms une boeste selé [...] en la quele furent troves .xv. peire de lettres  465
( 1306 )  Nous avons monumenz en une boyste  33-35 Ed I 207
♦money-box, treasury-chest: 
( 1279-80 )  hom deit aver un boiste a deus clefs (for the money)  981
( c.1300 )  et quy (l. que) la boiste de la coustume ne seit overte saunz la vewe del chief alderman  i 46
♦eccl.liturgicalcenser: 
( MS: s.xiii )  accerra: buiste  164
( MS: s.xiiiex ) asceras: boistes, sensers  ii 117.170
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  aceras: (L) boyt (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) boystis)  ii 80.170
♦eccl.liturgicalphylactery, reliquary: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  philatorium: boste  ii 107.143
( MS: s.xiii1 )  filarium - non dico filatorium (gloss: filer vel boyçte), quod ad ecclesiam pertinet  i 183.66 and ii 98.66
( MS: s.xiii1 )  philaterium: (R) boyste (var. (D: s.xiii1) filet )  244
♦eccl.liturgicalpyx: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  En icele iglise ad huchettes E buistes linees mut nettes; Bel lienge drap i ad dedenz, La met l’en les corporels enz  105.24
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  seint Clare prist la boiste od le cors Jhesu Crist entre ses meynes […]  168
( 1423 )  .j. boiste pur le sacrement  iv 222
♦ointment box: 
( MS: s.xiii )  alabaustra: (A) bustes  ii 53.92
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) succina: (L) buste (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) bustice )  ii 74.157
( MS: s.xiv )  succina: (B) boiste gallice  i 320.9
♦(for food) cabinet, store-closet: 
( MS: s.xiv )  olfactoriola: mugers, boytis  ii 61.92
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  tot boilez que seit espés e mettez en boistes  ii 273
commun boiste
community chest, public funds: 
( 1345 )  il paiera .xx. s. al comun boist  11
( 1411 )  paiera pur son ancorage al commune boist du dit ville  iii 663
la boiste le rei
the Treasury: 
( c.1300 )  si un homme [...] de uppeland a apresté son avoir a un de la cité e il ne le puet aver en bon manier, il doit aler a les baillifs e faire purcoi (=make a contribution) a la boiste le rois, [...], si doyvent les baillifs paier lui sans delay  i 127

See also:

buis1  bochet3 
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