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flurete (1121-35)
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flurete (1121-35)

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floret,  florete,  florett;  flourette  
  FEW:  flos 3,630a Gdf:  floret 1 4,36a / florette 4,36c GdfC:  florete 9,629a TL: florete 3,1941 DEAF:  flor 1 (florete)  DMF:  fleuret  / fleurette  TLF:  fleurette  OED:  floret n.1  / floweret n.  MED:  flouret n.  DMLBS:  floretta 964b

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1bot.(small) flower: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  (a weasel) Od ses denz ad prise une flur Tute de vermeille colur. [...] li vadlez [...] si la feri Que la florete li cheit  marie Lais 187.1058
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  [...] Comme clier estee te fais moustrer, Plain des flourettes au primer, Mais en yvern sont pas certeines  GOWER Mirour 9959
♦decor.representation of a flower, fleur-de-lis: 
( c.1253; MS: 1586 )  Johan de Eyville d'or od une fesse de gules od florettes de l'un et l'autre  Glover/Cooke 123
( c.1350; MS: s.xvin )  Le Duc de Burgoigne quartlee en la premiere d’azure a j floret d’or  Grimaldi 322
( 1423 )  .j. cheyne d'or pendant ovec .j. floret au bot, garniz d'un perle  Rot Parl1 iv 220
2culin.flour: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the ant) Melz aime la florete Qu’ il ne fait la paillete  Best ants 975

See also:

flur 
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