brouce (s.xiii1)
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brouce (s.xiii1)

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  FEW:  *bruscia 1,573b Gdf:  broce 1 1,736a GdfC:  brosse 1 8,383a TL: broce 1,1154 DEAF:  broce  DMF:  brosse  TLF:  brosse  OED:  brush n.1  / brush n.2  MED:  brushe n.  DMLBS:  brusca 220b
broche,  brois ;  brouz;  bruce,  brues,  brus,  bronce (l. brouse)  131, 
pl. brossis  

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1treesgeog.bot.scrub, thicket, undergrowth: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  En la bruce erent tapez  715
( MS: s.xiii )  bruscis: broys gallice, anglice burche  ii 150
( MS: s.xiiiex )  bruscis: (C) boyl, anglice birch (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) brues, warre, berich; (D*: s.xiii/xiv) gallic brus, anglice warre; (L: s.xiii) brossis)  ii 130.28
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (the stag) se areste e rounge de les foillez e de le brouz  183
2 implement (paint-)brush: 
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1300 )  e pus pernez vostre broche que est faite de seie de porc, si coverez voster fust par un lit, e pus par un autre  54.x
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