mace2 (c.1216-20)

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mace2 (c.1216-20)

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[ FEW: 6/i,12a macir; Gdf: 5,58b maceis; GdfC: ; TL: 5,759 macis; DEAF:  macis; DMF:  macis; TLF:  macis; OED:  mace n.1; MED:  macis n.; DMLBS: 1673a macis ]
mas,  masse, 
pl. macis,  machis  371.102  

s.

1bot.condim.culin.mace, (outer covering of) nutmeg
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 )  menue especerie (sicome de gilofre, maces, cubibes, nois, nuigettes)  230
( c.1300 )  canel, galyngale, maces, quibusks, [...]  ii 8
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Pus pernez gingivere, galingale, grein de Parys, clous, macis [...]  43.379
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