lytemoise (c.1216-20)
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lytemoise (c.1216-20)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  litmus n.; MED:  litemose n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
lykemose  
ls(loanword: M.E. Dutch (?)Scandinavian (?))
le

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1bot.colourlitmus, a dye made from lichen: 
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 )  De barelle de lytemoise par estraunge, quart  238
( c.1300 )  Del barille de lykemose  ii 16
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