occallescere

occallescere [CL], occallere [LL gl.] 1 to grow hard. cicatrix obductis putridis carnibus ~luerat W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 27. 2 to harden (fig), become callous. adeo virtutes provincialium in preliis ~luerant [Silgrave 48: †coaluerunt] ut ‥ in certamen ruerent W. Malm. GR II 125; denique ab eis morem vetustissimum sustulit qui sic animis eorum ~lluerat W. Malm. Wulfst. II 20; poterat ~lluisse animus noster frequenti tritus injuria, et usu ipso contra adversa durior reddi G. Hoyland Ascet. 281. 3 (in list of words). ob ‥ plerumque b mutat in eam conversam literam quae sequentem inchoat orationis particulam ut ~lluit Aldh. PR 140 p. 196.

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