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plumbin (s.xiv2)
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plumbin (s.xiv2)

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plumben  
  FEW:  plumbum 9,97b Gdf:  plombin 6,224a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  plon(*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  plumbine adj.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  plumbinus 2324a

While this term is attested a single time in the DMLBS in a citation from 1250, it is only attested in CF from 1555 and in English from 1597.

a.

colourleaden, lead coloured: 
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  s'il vomit vert cum jus de poree o neir o plumben, signefie mort  A-N Med ii 256

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See also:

plum1  plumbage  plumé1  plumer2  plumet  plummer 
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