urinal (c.1170)
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urinal (c.1170)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 14,62 urina; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,824a urinal; TL: 6,1279 orinail; DEAF:  urine (urinal); DMF:  urinal 1; TLF:  urinal; OED:  urinal n.; MED:  urinal n.; DMLBS: 3564c urinalis ]
orinal;  urinale  

s.

1 domesticimplement chamber pot, receptacle in which to urinate: 
( 1396-1404 ) Item, un urinale d’argent, pois’ de Troye .ix. unc’ et le pois a .xv. d., dont la somme, .xxiiij. s.  190.R501
♦med.implementreceptacle to hold urine for medical examination: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  s'entremet uns mires principal, Mes n'i veit pas santé par [le] sun orinal  3552
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 )  Urine a femme pure e clere, si al urinal lust cum argent e cele femme suvent vomist e si n'ad nul talent de manger, signefie la femme estre enceinte  109.6
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Urine ad feme que est pesante e de la colour de plum signefie la marice estre purrie si ele est en la urinal puante  ii 264
( MS: s.xv )  Urine de femme ou de homme qe ad le fevre aguwe qe ad noire apostasim, ceo est un noire collecte en le urinale, signefie la mort  118.E8
urine  uriner 
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