[espessece] (s.xii1)
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[espessece] (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  spissus 12,199a Gdf:  espessesse 3,527a GdfC: ∅ TL: espessece 3,1198 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  épaissesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
espeissece,  espoissece  

s.

1thickness: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  superfluitez descendent as devant dites veines com eles sont espoisses et puantes et estopent les boches des veines par lor espoissece  i 225
2treesgeog.bot.thicket, dense woodland: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Establisseiz jur festival es espeisseces (Latin: constituite diem sollemnem in condensis)  114.117.26
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