langette (c.1250)
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langette (c.1250)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 5,363a lingua; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,62c languete; TL: 5,149 languete; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  languette; TLF:  languette; OED:  languet n.; MED:  langet n.; DMLBS: 1549c languetta ]
langete,  langett,  languette;  longette  

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1anat.little tongue: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec lingula: langette  i 411
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc labium: levere; hec lingua  i 420.28
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  la sage parole De ta languete jofne e mole  4268
2decor.tongue-shaped ornament, long oval (of amber, jet etc.): 
( 1423 )  Item, .j. autre paire paternosteres d'or, fait al manere des langettz  iv 225.474
lange#2  langetter 
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