escouger,
escuger;
eskucher,
estonger (l. escouger),
estuger (l. escuger)
v.a.
1agriculturalto scutch, cleanse (flax) by beating with a swingle:
(
MS: s.xiv1/4
) ne ublet pas le pesselin
(M.E. þe swingle) De escucher ou escouger
(var.
(G: 1307-25) escuger;
(Y: s.xiv1) eskucher
) vostre lyn
(M.E. to swingle þi flax)
(A) 301v
escuche#1
escuchour
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