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riorte (1212)
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riorte (1212)

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reorte,  riort;  roorte,  rorte  (retorte)  
  FEW:  retortus 10,337b Gdf:  reorte 7,47a GdfC: ∅ TL: rëorte 8,862 DEAF:  reorte  DMF:  réorthe  TLF:  réorthe  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  retorquere 2816b

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bot.treeswithy, flexible branch used for tying: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Por peitral, por estriers, por cengles, roortes eust totes sengles De chaesne ou de coudre ou d'osier  Dial Greg SATF 1460
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Rollant le prist e le lya ou quatre retortes a un arbre  Turpin 1069
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  F. chace anatyn de reorte (M.E. wippe)  Nominale 193
♦equit.withy, flexible branch used as a whip: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Li charetter avera sa riorte, Mes li carruer la aguilloun enporte  BIBB ROTH (G) 901

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See also:

retordre  retort 
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