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acus

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Searchable Lemmata: acus (L).
Alternate Forms: acus.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Manufacture; needle or pin, used for sewing; hairpin or dress pin(ante 1100 - circa 1200 ?)
1. Unde piscatori hamus, aut sutori subula, siue sartori acus? Nonne ex meo opere? : Hwanon fiscere ancgel, oþþe sceowyrhton æl, oþþe seamere nædl, nis hit of minon geweorce? [DOE ÆColl (0143 (222))]
2. visu ... in tantum acuto ut per foramen acus filum trahere posset Biblical/Hagiographic. [DMLBS W. CANT. (Mir. Thom. II 79)]
3. ut non minus subtiliter quam alie mulieres acu suere consueverit Other. [DMLBS GIR. (IK II 11) circa 1191]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.) Accessory; hairpin.(ante 1100)
1. Acus sunt quibus in feminis ornandorum crinium conpago retinetur, ne laxius fluant et sparsos dissipentur capillos. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,31,9)]
L.
Sex: Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.
1c(n.) Accessory; pin or brooch.(post 1200 - circa 1300 ?)
1. ne [moniales] in velo acus argenteas vel aureas audeant deportare Ecclesiastic/Regula, Historic. [DMLBS Conc. Syn. (118) 1222]
2. tres acus ad pallium de puro auro Accounts. [DMLBS Invent. Ch. Ch. (Cant. 5 (cf. ib. 7)) 1294]
L.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Classical Latin.
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