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

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

s.

1twist, wisp of hay, straw: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Pus si est enbeveré de mal suspecioun, De un torchet correyé de purpens feloun  BOZ Char 240
2small torch: 
( 1494-95 )  Pro factura 8 torchez, 12 torchettes  Durham iii 653
( 1499-1500 )  2 torches, 3 torchetez  Durham iii 656

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See also:

torchaz  torche1  torcheberer  torcheholder  torchelun  torcher  torcherun  torchis  torchun 
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