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tortiller (s.xiii3/4)

tortiller (s.xiii3/4)

torteiller  
  FEW:  *intortiliare 4,769b Gdf: GdfC:  tortiller 10,780c TL: torteillier 10,457 DEAF:  entortiller (torteillier)  DMF:  tortiller  TLF:  tortiller  OED: MED: DMLBS:  tortillare 3459a

v.trans.

to bind up
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Ore serroit il bien temps et heure a declarer cest envolupeure blanche, nette et bele et pur mes perillouses plaies einz tortiller avant q'elles y perissont  Sz Med1 212.1

v.intrans.

to wind round
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  sicut corrigia torquetur circa calceum suum, gallice torteille  Dictionnaire hébreu 80.87

p.p. as a.

twisted, shaped a spiral or coil
( 1376 )  Le dit evesqe nous donna auxi, et deux grandez chandelabres d'argent qe sont tortillez  Black Prince Test 227

[dd]

See also:

entortiller  torteillus 
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tortiller