guigne (c.1240)
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guigne (c.1240)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: 4,383a guigne; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,772 guigne; DEAF: G1606 guigne 1; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
gigne  

s._sg._and_pl.

1implementpincers, (pair of) tweezers used to remove hair: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E puis od unes gignes que picicariolis sunt apelees les =hairs devez od totes les racines esrachier  i 54
( MS: c.1250 )  Hoc depilatorium: guigne  i 416
guinole 
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guigne