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penicillus

penicillus, a painter’s brush, hair-pencil

penicillus, ~um [CL], ~a 1 paint-brush. in meniaris ‥ illis nihil egregie spectabile erat, preter celi et ~e [v. l. pincelle, pencella; gl. pincel] opuscula Balsh. Ut. 49. 2 sponge. hec ~a, i. mollis spongia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 445; †peremeollum [? l. penicillum] interpretatur spongeola Alph. 139; pinicellus [v. l. pinicelltis], spongia idem Ib. 144; penicellus, i. spongia (MS Bodl. Ashm. 1470) Ib. 144n.. 3 (in gl.) device (? sponge or brush) for cleaning the anus. 1602 an arse-wisp, ~um, anitergium (M. Withal Dictionarie for Little Children) CathA 13n..

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