torchis (c.1185)
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torchis (c.1185)

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[FEW: 13/ii,105a torques; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 10,408 torcheiz; DEAF:  torche (torchie); DMF:  torchis; TLF:  torchis; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
tortiz  

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1twist, handful of straw: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim  )  Li vadlet, k'al manger servirent, De bois, de torchis le leidirent  7930
2wisp (for toilet purposes): 
( MS: s.xiii-xiv )  mempirium: (D) tortiz (var. (L: s.xiii) torchun de cul )  ii 125.4
torchaz  torche#1  torcheberer  torcheholder  torchelun  torcher  torcherun  torchette  torchis  torchun 
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