torchette (c.1305)
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torchette (c.1305)

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[FEW: 13/ii,103a torques; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 10,409 torchete; DEAF:  torche (torchet); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  torchet n.; MED:  torchet n.; DMLBS: 3454a torchetta]
torchet,  torchete  

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1twist, wisp of hay, straw: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Pus si est enbeveré de mal suspecioun, De un torchet correyé de purpens feloun  240
2small torch: 
( 1494-95 )  Pro factura 8 torchez, 12 torchettes  iii 653
( 1499-1500 )  2 torches, 3 torchetez  iii 656
torchaz  torche#1  torcheberer  torcheholder  torchelun  torcher  torcherun  torchis  torchun 
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