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byres

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
byres, e; f.
A borer, chisel
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  • Buiris

    foratorium,

      Txts. 35, 11.
  • Byris, byrs

    scalprum, scalpellum,

      94, 891, 907.
  • Byres foratorium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 47:

    boratorium,

      11, 60: i. 287, 8.
  • Byre[s]

    baratorium,

    ii.
      125, 26.
  • Hé sceal habban adsan, bil, byrse, scafan,

      Angl. ix. 263, 1.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. bursa scalprum.]
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v.  byris byrs.
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  • byres, n.