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archal (s.xii3/4)
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archal (s.xii3/4)

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arcal;  orcal,  orchal,  orchat,  orchaut,  orkal, 
pl. orcauz  (horchaut  ii 117.170,  orochal  ii 127.12,  orochaut  ii 127.12)  
  FEW:  aurichalcum 25,981a-85a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  archal 8,168c TL: archal 1,501 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  archal  TLF:  archal  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  orichalcus 2053c

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metalcopper alloy, brass, bronze: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  iceste piere metez en archal  292
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  altres ostilz d’archal e de laton  (B) 13127
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1255 )  ses piez resemblerent archal (var. (B: s.xiii4/4) orchal; (C: s.xivin) orcal) en forneise ardant  2
( MS: s.xiii )  auricalcem: orchaut, lie de or  ii 117.171
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  E ses piez aundous (=of the heavenly vision) resemblerent Orkal en forneise ardaunt  139
♦metalimplementbrass band, strip: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Riches est le verger: tuit est enclos d’archal, De quivre geteiz, de laton, de metal  4341
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  estendez le archal en lung la meysun  113.7
♦implementdomesticmetalbrass taper: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez archal .j. wyr […] e alumez une chandele a l’un but de l’archal ke la flamble atuche le archal  113.7
clou, cloet d’archal
fig.used to designate a worthless object: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Defend lur q’il ne ostent sele ne poitral […] Ne tant qu’amonte un cloet d’archal (var. (P: c.1310) un soul clou d’arcal)  4158
fil de archal
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