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cil1 (c.1270)
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cil1 (c.1270)

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ciele,  cile,  cille; 
pl. cielez,  cilz,  cius,  ciz  (silz,  chilhes)  
  FEW:  cilium 2/i,672a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: cil 2,429 DEAF:  cil  DMF:  cille  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  cilium 337b

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1anat.eyelash: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  En les pauperes sount les ciz (M.E. heer in the lydes)  BIBB ROTH (T) 51
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 )  En lez papires sount lez cielez (M.E. In þyse eye ledes beth þese heres)  Fem2 15.7
2anat.eyelid: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  L’enfant les cius des oilz muveit  S Rich ANTS M1018
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Et se il soit mis az oilz, defit et ensechist les grosses humours et tenans qui font les chilhes engrossir et reverser et acune fois les oilz grater  Waterford busby 295.S118.12
peil de cil
peil1

See also:

surcil 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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