flocun (c.1235)
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flocun (c.1235)

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[ FEW: 3,624b floccus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,628a flocon; TL: 3,1933 flocon; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  flocon; TLF:  flocon; OED: ∅; MED: ; DMLBS: ∅ ]
flocon;  floccoun;  flocsoun,  flocsun  

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1lock (of hair): 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  A un arbre ki la fu, a reims bas e petiz, Les cheveus Auban lie par les f[l]ocuns crespiz  893
♦textiletuft (of wool): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et nel poet om aparceivre, si ele soit morte ou vive, fors par .i. flocon de leine mise devant ses narines et par le moevement de lui si conust om si ele est vive  i 243
flocuns de laine
1textileflock, waste wool: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  floccis laneis: (C) flocsounz de leyne [...](var. bort de lane (D)MS: xiii/xiv)  ii 73
floché  flocke  flocket  frucun 
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