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coquille (s.xiii1/3)
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coquille (s.xiii1/3)

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coquile;  coqille;  cokille,  cokil,  cokile,  cokkill;  kokille  
  FEW:  conchylium 2/ii,1002b Gdf:  coquille 1 2,295c GdfC:  coquille 9,196c TL: coquille 2,836 DEAF:  coquille  DMF:  coquille  TLF:  coquille  OED:  cockle n.2  MED:  cokel n.  DMLBS:  conchylium 419b

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1shell (of an egg): 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Pernez la coquile de un oef de geline  Receptaria 34.298
2zool.crustaceanscallop: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  coclea: coquile  TLL ii 84
♦crustaceandecor.scallop, shell (as decorative device): 
( 1319-22 )  iij. petiz quilliers d’argent ové kockilies de la meer  Will Bohun 348
( 1381 )  une tablet d’ore et de perre ové deux ymages de cokile  GAUNT2 i 181
( 1382 )  une tablet d'or et de perry ové une ymage de cokile  GAUNT2 i 232
♦herald.escallop: 
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  H. de G. unes armes Avoit […] au chief blanc Ou ot treis vermeilles cokilles  Eight Rolls 117.713
( c.1350; MS: s.xvin )  R.I. port de ermyn une fees de goules et trois cokils d’or en le fees  Grimaldi 328
3crustaceandecor.mother of pearl: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivm )  Margarite, coqille et corale, Emeraude  Blancheflour 41
( 1378-79 )  un coupe de kokille debrusé ové le covercle et le pee d’argent  TNA E101/400/6
( 1423 )  Item, i graunde perle de cokill  Rot Parl1 iv 216
( 1433-34; MS: c.1449 )  une nef d’or […] dont le fons est tout de coquille de perles  Bedford Inventories B182
4crustacean(as object of little worth) shell: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Car Mahun ne valt une bille, Ne tote sa vertu une coquille  Gui War 8342
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