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granatus

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Searchable Lemmata: granatus (L).
Alternate Forms: granati.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(adj.) Dye; dyed in grain (of cloth), dyed scarlet or red ('grain' being a popular name for kermes insect dye).(circa 1550 - ante 1600 ?)
1. xij ulnis panni lanei, dim. granati subrubii Accounts. [DMLBS ExchScot (363b) 1465]
2. panni non granati Accounts. [DMLBS Port Bk. (Exmouth, Devon) (925/6 f. 3d.) 1565]
c.f.: grained
L; Primarily Accounts.
Use: n/a    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, from Classical L granatus (seeded; granulated; etc.); used in the 1465 Scottish Exchequer accounts (and later) with the sense of 'dyed in grain', 'grained'.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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