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aeruginare

aeruginare [bibl.] , to tarnish, rust (fig.). b to burnish. c (? , or f. l). s1185 in brevi aurum ~avit, argentum versum est in scoriam Gerv. Cant. I 34; 1198 ut qui eum [sc. gladium Petri] pre nimia miseria ~asse et hebetasse reputant ‥ acutum sentiant Ep. Cant. 481.  b cultellos ‥ ~are et lavare Cust. Westm. 100; to frubische, elimare, ~are, erubiginare CathA.  c 1554 occasione invasionis sui confratris ‥ cum diga seu pugione †~ata [? l. evaginata] Midlothian 221.

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