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poille (s.xii4/4)

poille (s.xii4/4)

poil,  poile,  poyle,  puil,  pule; 
pl. poilz,  poiz,  poylez;  puilez,  puilz,  puiz;  pulez,  puliez;  puz  
[ FEW: 8,149b peduculus; Gdf: 6,346a pouille 2; GdfC: 10,314c peouil; TL: 7,687 pëoil /7,687 pëoille; DEAF:  pëoil; DMF:  pou; TLF:  pou; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 2165b pediculus ]

s.

insectszool.louse, various kinds of parasitic insects or vermin that irritate hair or skin
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  Puil en gernun (=moustache) pres est de bui(u)un (=drinking vessel)  Prov vil 6.95
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Trestute la terre empli communement De poilz (var. (E: s.xiiim) puiz) volages ki manguent la gent  Anc Test (B) 2001
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si voustre oysel ad les poilles [...]  A-N Falconry 123.58
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1 )  perediculus: poyl  Gloss St John2 p.24 (addendum)
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Pur oster pules e lendes: Fetez cendre de l'aniz salvage e [...]  Receptaria 45.395
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  il n’y (=in bedroom) a poynt des puces ne des poils ne d'autre vermyn  Man lang1 57
poille de chef
insectszool.head-louse, parasitic insect that infests human hair
( MS: s.xv )  Pur lez lentes e pur les puz de chief. Pernez [...]; si oynés la teste. Si charrount cestez e murrunt  Five Med MSS 84.S37
poille de berbiz
insectszool.sheep-louse, vermin which infests the wool of sheep
( MS: s.xv )  Pur oster poyle de berbis del orayl de humme  Five Med MSS 155.E410

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See also:

poiller 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
poille