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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1699
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(Sinkfoil,) Synkfolȝe, n. Also: syncfoillȝe, sinkfeills. [Late ME synk foil (c1420), sink foil (1424), e.m.E. cinkefoyle, cinquefoil, etc., OF *cinkfoil (OED), F. quintefeuille (14th c. in Larousse), L. quinquefolium, f. quinque five, and folium leaf.] The plant cinquefoil, or a related species. — 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. cviii (Bot.).
Pentaffilon, syncfoillȝe [also] synkfolȝe or v lew[it] gers 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. lx (Bot.).
Heidleiff [or] the half sinkfeills
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