cloua (c.1240)
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cloua (c.1240)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  cloua  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  clava 356c
 
ls(loanword: Latin (?))
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1 surg.implement surgical instrument, forceps (?): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si le[s] boelle[s] cheent en osceum [...] od un estrument qui est cloua (Latin: clava, instrumentum est quod assimilatur tenaculis) apelé, [...] retenez dedenz e soit dunkes cusu ad une esplente  i 80.33
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