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mordificatif (s.xiii2/4)
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mordificatif (s.xiii2/4)

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f. mordificative  
  FEW:  mordicare 6/iii,130a Gdf:  mordificatif 5,404a GdfC: ∅ TL: mordificatif 6,252 DEAF:  mordicacion (mordificatif)  DMF:  mordificatif  TLF: ∅ OED:  mordificative adj.  MED:  mordificative adj.  DMLBS:  mordificativus 1838c

a.

med.that which bites or stings: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et aprés face l'en une [clistere] mordificative de ole et de sel et de mel et del jus de mercuriale et de un pou de saugemme  A-N Med i 173
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Ausi al comencement fetes clistere ou suppositorie mordificatif  A-N Med ii 159

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See also:

mordable  mordicacion  mordre1  mordure  morsure 
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