[espessece] (s.xii1)

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[espessece] (s.xii1)

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

s.

1(of a liquid) thickness, viscosity
( 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, (area of) dense vegetation
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Establisseiz jur festival es espeisseces (Latin: constituite diem sollemnem in condensis)  114.117.26
espés#1  espesse#1  espessee  espessement  espesset  espesseté  espessir  espessure 
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