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oreillier (s.xii)

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The form orailler is a cross reference to the following entry:

oreillier (s.xii)

orailler,  orayller;  oreiler,  oreiller,  oreillere;  oreler,  orelir,  oreyler,  oriler,  orilier,  oriller,  orillier;  orreillier;  orrillier;  oryler  (horieler,  orirel  ii 83.64 orler  ii 48 ortaillere ),
(pl. oreleis  iv 230.695 and 696 orireis  ii 137.55)  
  FEW:  auricula 25,993b Gdf:  orilhier 5,638c GdfC:  oreiller 10,240b TL: oreillier 3 6,1237 DEAF:  oreille (oreillier 3)  DMF:  oreiller 1  TLF:  oreiller  OED:  oreille n.  MED:  oriler n.  DMLBS:  auricularium 163b

Although originally the word must have referred to a pillow on which to rest the head, it seems to have evolved in sense to any type of cushion, and to have acquired specific medical and heraldic uses.

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domesticpillow, bolster
( MS: s.xii ) cervical: oreiler  i 21
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Sil (=a letter) mist desus sun oriller Ke tuz le pussent esgarder  2605
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Desuz le chef li mist l'oriler  192.114
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Un oryler fu mys de plume Desuz sun chef  1966
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Foilles de saus et de popler Mete en le sac de son orilier  154.156
( MS: s.xiiiex )  plumacium: orelir  ii 167
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Jacob vint [a] Jerusalem el vesperee E dehors la cité il est cochiee. Plenté out de peres; une pere prist, Cele suth sa teste pur oreler mist  930
domesticdecor.(ornamental) cushion, rest
( 1307-08 )  Pour un orillier, a mettre dessus le messel, de drap d'or de Turquie  519
med.pharm.pad, pledget
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Metez .i. orreillier par desus (=the suture) qui espresse la porreture (=of a wound) aval  i 139.xv
herald.(lozenge-shaped) cushion (as an armorial bearing)
( c.1253; MS: 1586 )  Maheu de Redmain de goules a trois horielers d'or  159
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire Robert de Norton, d'argent a un cheveron et troiz ortailleres de sable  4 m. 5

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See also:

oreille  oreillaunce  oreillé  oreiller1  oreiller2  oreillere1  oreillete1  oreillete2  oreilloun1  oreilloun2 
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