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lac2 (c.1216-20)

The form lak is a cross reference to the following entry:

lac2 (c.1216-20)

lak,  lake  (lacca,  lasshe)  
  FEW:  lakk 19,105a Gdf: GdfC:  laque 10,64a TL: DEAF: DMF:  laque  TLF:  laque  OED:  lac n.1  MED:  lacca n.  DMLBS:  lac 2 1533c / lacca 2 1533c

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insectszool.lac, dark-red resinous substance secreted by the lac insect (used as a preservative or dye)
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 )  gingivre, cedewale, lake, licorys  Lib Alb 230
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mes si ce avient de la vertu contentive ou d'autre cause, si face l'en epithimes refroidanz de jus de froides herbes et especiaument de sandles blanches et roges et de lacca autretant come des autres totes  A-N Med i 222
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Lec: lac  Gloss Arab 387.304
( 1381 )  Et pur un pote d'or [...] pur poys et lak et fesure d'ycel, vynt oyt livres dys et noef soldz et noef deniers  GAUNT2 i 179
( 1408-09 )  Item pur latisnaille, rouge lasshe, hengis, garnetis, hokis  Mch Tayl Accs1 10 Henry IV

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This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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