oillet (s.xii1/3)
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oillet (s.xii1/3)

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[ FEW: 7,319a oculus; Gdf: 5,573a oeillet; GdfC: 10,224b oeillet; TL: 6,1019 oillet; DEAF:  ueil (oillet); DMF:  oeillet; TLF:  oeillet; OED:  oillet n.; MED:  oilet n.; DMLBS: 2014 oillettus ]
ollet,  oylet,  oylette  

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1anat.(little) eye: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  E ceste piere est trovee En Inde, en icele contree, Enz es ollez des limaçuns  219.471
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  li oiselet Bec al pere le oillet E li peres est marri  2380
2archit.eyelet, spyhole: 
( 1399 )  (The purchase of glass for 4) oylettes  113
( 1409-10 )  pur un oylet de fere a une fenestre .j. d. pur le yetyng del mesme oylet ové plombe .ij. d.  12 Henry IV
oil#1  oiller 
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