quartfoille (c.1300)
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quartfoille (c.1300)

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[ gdw]

  FEW:  folium *3,677b / quartus *2/ii,1422a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  quadrifolium 2599b
qarfoile  

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1bot.four-leaf clover: 
( MS: c.1300 )  un herbe ke l'om apele quartfoille – icele ne crest aillurs ke el liu ou li pulein est novelement pulené  316.14
♦herald.bot.quatrefoil, stylized depiction of four leaves or petals: 
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  Ore vous dirray des foiles et dé flours queux sount en armes: trifoile, qarfoile, quintofoil, cistefoil  106
fuille#1  quart#1  quatrefoille 
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