come1 (s.xii1)
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come1 (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,935c coma; Gdf: 2,189a come; GdfC: ∅; TL:  come 3; DEAF:  come 3; DMF:  come 1; TLF: ∅; OED:  coma n.1 / come n.3; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 386c coma 1 ]
coume,  cume  

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1zool.horsesanat.mane: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  lé chivels out longes com come de destrer  1759
♦anat.hair: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Mout est riche la dume Qui te pengnout la cume (var. (C: s.xiiiin) come))  (H) 224
( MS: s.xiii1 )  comarum: (J) des comes(var. (R: s.xiii1) de cheveluris)  244
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  li serf Dieu, qui nurrist cume, Par plus s’avile que nule home  655
2bot.tip (of plant, etc.): 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  cime: (D) coumis(var. (T: xii/xiii) botuns de verges; (C: xiiiex) anglice crop; (A: xiii) butuns)  ii 38
3treesbot.branch, foliage: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Il espandit ses comes (Latin: comas) desque a la mer  148.LXXIX.11
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