aguille
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Searchable Lemmata: aguille (AF).
Alternate Forms: agul, aguel, aguil, agule, aguile, agulie, agulle, agoille, aguoille, auguile, auguille, augule.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Accessory;
needle; also used figuratively ('a worthless object'). Also in the phrases 'aguille a fil' (a thread-needle) and 'aguille a taillur' (a tailor's needle).(circa 1200 - circa 1300 ?)
1. acus: agulz ... instita: cheinse ... corrolla: coife de quir ... spinter: afiçal, erpin ... monile: affermail, noche ... filarium: filer, fusyl
Gloss.
[AND TLL (ii 111) ante 1300]
3. [50] ... le devez custre od un delié aguille d’un file de soie ... [62] ... E uns autres envolupent bombés, ço est cotun, entur un fer
Medical.
[AND A-N Med (i 50-62) 1200/1300]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, Cf. Old French aguillette. Possibly derived from late L accula, var. of acicula, dim. of acus (needle).
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