esmucheur (c.1240)
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esmucheur (c.1240)

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  FEW:  musca 6/iii,252b Gdf:  esmoucheor 3,500a GdfC:  esmouchoir 1 9,535b TL: ∅ DEAF:  mosche (esmoscheor)  DMF:  émouchoir  TLF:  émoucher (emouchoir)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1implementfly-whisk, instrument for brushing away insects: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  during a fire in the church: Un moine a l’ymage out fet un dun De un esmucheur de poun =peacock feather; Cel esmucheur a l'ymage De feu de flambe ne de nule ren, Tant le garda la duce ben, A bon dreit ne fu adesee  125.XXIX.61
musche#1 
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