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

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

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1husk, pod, chaff: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  silique: (R) escurayle(var. (J: s.xiii1) cos; (D: s.xiii1) curalis)  248.71
( MS: s.xiii1 )  acera: (R) escuray l(var. (J: s.xiii1) curailles)  252.159
( MS: s.xiii2 )  anceribus acera gloss: (C) escurayl (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) eschorayl) sub[s]ternat  i 183.66 and ii 69.66
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  acus: escurel  ii 83.66
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  silique: (D) escorayle  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'  1551
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