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moil (c.1334)
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moil (c.1334)

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moel,  mol  
  FEW:  *molliare *6/iii,43b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  moillier 1 (moil)  DMF:  mouil  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

wet, damp: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  ele senti qe le corps lui estoit tut moil de sanc  TREVET Cron1 209.6
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  par le changement de celles flamnes scievent les gentz du pais quant il sera chier temps ou bon temps, ou froid ou chaud, ou mol ou sec  Mandeville 161
( 1364-77 )  (the petitioners' wool was confiscated in Calais) pur ce qe les ditz laines adonques moelz poisseront pluis par les pois d'Artois qe lour cokettes purporterent  TNA SC 8/46/2253

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See also:

moiller1  moillure  remoil 
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