filace
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Searchable Lemmata: filace (AF), filacium (L), filacia (L).
Alternate Forms: filas, filatz, fileicium, fillaz, philacio.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Raw Material;
thread, yarn, string, etc.(ante 1200 - post 1400)
6. [55] ... Filas ... j bale ou Gymew. ... [56] ... pur .j. bale cotoun de bass et .j. bale alemundes valences ... pur .j. bale cotoun de bass ovesk .j. sengle cotelle saunz ascun flasket
[AND Grocers (55-56)]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, Anglo-French/Old French filace, etc., probably from a Vulgar Latin form *filacea derived from L. filum (see file); the medieval Latin forms are derived from the French. Modern standard French filasse. Just as file could mean both 'thread' (etc.) and 'set of documents attached by thread' (cf. the modern senses of English 'file'), so filasse had several non-cloth senses of this kind ('collection of documents', etc.).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: filace (OF).
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