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onicle (s.xii1/3)
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onicle (s.xii1/3)

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  FEW:  onyx 7,356b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  onycle n.  MED:  onicle n.  DMLBS:  onychilus 2024b

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lapid.onyx (stone), a type of chalcedony used frequently in jewellery: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Sardoine est de dous pieres traite, De sardine e d’onicle faite  Lapid 38.268
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Cochent le en un sarcu d'un onicle dure [...]  Rom Chev ANTS 1020

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See also:

onchinius  onicha  onix 
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