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seche1 (c.1240)
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seche1 (c.1240)

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secche;  setche  
  FEW:  sepia 11,478a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  seche 2 10,645b TL: seche 9,294 DEAF:  seche  DMF:  seiche  TLF:  seiche 2  OED:  segge n.2  MED:  segge n.3  DMLBS:  sepia 3034a

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crustacean cuttle-fish, marine mollusc of the Cephalopoda class: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec sepia: seche  TLL i 416
( MS: 1272-82 )  Plus ad en femme males teches Que il n'i ad en la mer des seeches  Fabliaux 34.136
os de (la) seche
crustacean anat. cuttle-bone, internal shell of the cuttle-fish (used as an ingredient in medicinal and cosmetic preparations): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E metez [...] del gros encens e de l'os de la seche uelement unces dous  A-N Med i 60
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  la puldre d’os de secche  Orn Dames 351

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