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squinant (s.xiii2/4)

squinant (s.xiii2/4)

squinante,  squinance,  squinaunce,  squinaunte; 
Lat. squinantum, 
(Lat.gen.? squinanci  A-N Med i 166 squinanti  A-N Med i 231)  
  FEW:  schoinuanthos 11,299b Gdf:  squinant 7,573c GdfC: TL: DEAF:  eschinant  / squinanti  DMF:  squinant  TLF: OED:  squinant n.  MED:  squinaunt n.  DMLBS:  schoenanthus 2693a / squinantum 1 3174c

s.

bot.kind of sweet-scented grass or rush, camel grass, Cymbopogon schoenanthus
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Pernez agaricum, la sustance coloquintide, polipodie, semence de fenoil, squinance et les boille l'en en ewe  A-N Med i 223.121
( MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Poudre por piere receit [...] anetes, squinant, [...]  Pop Med 328.12
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 ) Le foie confortent ces choses: le fust d'aloez, camfora, ambra, squinantum [...]  Waterford busby 252.S53.1
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivin ) [...] kardamome, squinaunte  Culinary Colls (A) 28.3
( MS: c.1325 ) E pus pernez puder de squinaunte [...]  Five Med MSS 42.C158

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See also:

esquinant 
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