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escuraille (s.xiii1/4)
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escuraille (s.xiii1/4)

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eschorail,  escoraile;  escurail,  escuraile,  escurel,  escurraile;  esquirail  (acurail  TLL ii 89.159,  equiralie  TLL ii 120)  
  FEW:  *excurare *3,283b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  curer (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

chaff, waste material of grain: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  silique: (R) escurayle (var. (J: s.xiii1) cos; (D: s.xiii1) curalis)  Gloss Nequam1 248.71
( MS: s.xiii1 )  acera: (R) escuray l (var. (J: s.xiii1) curailles)  Gloss Nequam1 252.159
( MS: s.xiii2 )  anceribus acera (gloss: (C) escurayl) (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) eschorayl) sub[s]ternat  TLL i 183.66 and ii 69.66
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  acus: escurel  TLL ii 83.66
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  in granario [...] Assint etiam usui avium cortis pallee, silique (gloss: (D) escorayle), lollium, avena sterilis silique  TLL i 184.71 and ii 72.71
♦fig.chaff, refuse, worthless matter: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  'Tes levres', dit, 'si beles sunt cum bende vermaile, [...] U mensoynge n'est trovez ne lede escuraile'  Chant Chanz 1551

See also:

curaille1  escurer1 
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