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labellulum

1 labellulum [ML; dim. of 2 labellum] , lip. allicit verbis dulcibus / et osculis / castigate tumentibus / labellulis P. Blois Carm. 4. 4b. 62; junguntur sepius inpressis osculis / materna filii labra labellulis Walt. Wimb. Carm. 48; noli labellula, Maria, tergere / beati parvuli sed magis lambere Ib. 227; teneris impressit oscula Katerinae ~is Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 77.
2 labellulum [dim. of 1 labellum] , narrow strip of material attached to garment, label, tippet. Fortescue LLA 51 (v. colobium a).

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