pliable (s.xii/xiii)

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pliable (s.xii/xiii)

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  FEW:  plicare 9,70a Gdf: GdfC:  pleiiable 10,354c TL: ploiable 7,65 DEAF:  ploiier (ploiable)  DMF:  pliable  TLF:  plier (pliable)  OED:  pliable adj.1  MED:  pliable adj.  DMLBS:  plicabilis 2320c
pliabele,  plyable, 
pl. plyabelis  

a.

1flexible, foldable, pliable
( MS: s.xiii )  plexibilis: pliabele  172
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tuz les membres out plyables, Mous e tendres e tretables A la manere du cors innocent  6229
( c.1398 )  que nul du dite artifice ferra stiropes ne esporons mais de laton pliable que ne voillent debriser par freletee de metal  i 93
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  complicabiles: (O) pliables(var. (C: xiiiex) movables)  ii 40
( MS: s.xiiiex )  conspicabiles [sic]: (L) pliables(var. (D: xiii/xiv) plyabelis)  ii 40
chaere pliable
chaere
pli  pliance  pliant  plier  pliter  pliure 
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