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[neirance] (1485)

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[neirance] (1485)

noirance  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

This form is unattested elsewhere, though *nigricire did give rise to other substantival forms such as noircissement and noircissure (FEW *nigricire 7,138a).

s.

colourleather(in tanning) (the act of) blackening
( 1485 )  come tanners es diverses parties d'icest realme usent deinz soi mez le mestier de coriance et noirance dez quirs insufficialment [...] lez quirs si insufficialment overez si bien en tannure come en coriance et noirance [...] mittent a vendre as diversez feires et marchés  Stats ii 502

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See also:

neir  neiresce  neiret  neirir  neirté 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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