canne1 (s.xiii)
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canne1 (s.xiii)

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[ FEW: 2/i,199a canna; Gdf: 1,775b cane 1; GdfC: 8,419c canne; TL:  chane 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  canne; TLF:  canne; OED:  cane n.; MED:  cane n.; DMLBS: 258 c canna n. ]
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1bot.sedge: 
( MS: s.xiii )  ulva paludis: (C) gallice canne, chenaupie  ii 29
2 bot. tall sort of reed, probably bamboo: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  En celle lac (=in Banjarmasin, southern coast of Borneo) croissent arundines, ces sont kannes q'ils appellent thaby qe ount .xxx. toises ou plus de long. Et de ces kannes fait homme belles maisouns  346
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