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linaria

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Searchable Lemmata: linaria (L), linarium (L).
Alternate Forms: linariam, linarie, linarium, lynere.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Raw Material; Medieval L linaria could refer to flax or a crop of wild flax; a field for growing flax; linseed; linseed oil (?).
1. linaria, i. wilde flax Medical. [DMLBS SB (28) 1300/1399]
2. esula, quedam species est titimal[l]i. G. ysele versus: esula lactessit, linaria lac dare nescit Lexicon, Medical. [DMLBS Alph. (60) 1300/1399]
3. pro vij barellis lynere, xviij ulnis panni lati, iij wagis cepi Legal. linseed oil? (also CourtR Yarmouth) [DMLBS Bronnen (I 319) 1379]
c.f.: linseed
L; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2(n.) Raw Material; linen (?).(1485)
1. pro verdegrece pro floribus circa linaria aule(also DMLBS Ac. Eton) [DMLBS Arch. Hist. Camb. (I 414 n.) 1485]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Medieval Latin (after c. 600 AD).
WF:
Etym Cog: lin, linen.
References:
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