mace2 (c.1216-20)

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mace2 (c.1216-20)

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  FEW:  macir 6/i,12a Gdf:  maceis 5,58b GdfC: TL: macis 5,759 DEAF:  macis  DMF:  macis  TLF:  macis  OED:  mace n.1  MED:  macis n.  DMLBS:  macis 1673a
mas,  masse, 
pl. macis,  machis  371.102  

s.

1bot.condim.culin.mace, (outer covering of) nutmeg
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 )  menue especerie (sicome de gilofre, maces, cubibes, nois, nuigettes)  230
( c.1300 )  canel, galyngale, maces, quibusks, [...]  ii 8
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Pus pernez gingivere, galingale, grein de Parys, clous, macis [...]  43.379
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