gant
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Searchable Lemmata: gant (AF), wantus (L).
Alternate Forms: gante, gaunt, gaunte, ganta, gantum, fuant, vaunt, want, waunt, janta, gaunce, gans, ganz, gaunce, gauns, gaunse, gaunts, gauntz, gaunz, guanz, wauns, gauncez, gauntez.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Accessory;
glove. Also used figuratively (as a symbol of office, of a challenge, of agreement, etc. - some instances may represent 1b, a gauntlet).(circa 1250)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Hand.
1b(n.) ;
gauntlet. Also fig.(circa 1150 - circa 1135)
2. Puys ke homme avera vesqui cent anz Ja n’iert tant pru ne tant vaillanz Ne tant de richesce n’avera Que tut nel perde a un lanz, Kar mort tapist en mi ses ganz Et quant meins quide le prendra
Poetic.
[AND Enseignement pieux (35) circa 1300/1350]
Sex: Male Use: Military Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Hand.
2(n.) ;
also (fig.), a unit of measure, a hand's breadth; a worthless object; a small quantity.(circa 1170)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Old French; also cf. Medieval L gantus, ganto ['gauntet, n.1', OED, 2nd ed. (1989)]; British L wantus (7th century) *janta (c1355) ['want/us', Latham, p. 519].
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