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stillula

stillula [CL stilla+-ula], small drop (of liquid); b (transf. & fig.). stilla, -e, inde hec ~a, -e Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 554; 1200 post primam celebracionem diligentissime absorbeantur ~e de calice Conc. Syn. 1061; ivit quo voluit ‥ a cujuslibet aure ~a ‥ intactus J. Furness Kentig. 35; o si ~a in nos, fratres carissimi, hujus unctionis descendat J. Ford Serm. 91. 12; nonnunquam rimas furtim maris unda subintrat, / paulatim vires stillula crebra capit Neckam DS III 352.  b si forte lacrimarum guttulis ~isque verborum conceptam ‥ mestitiam cor dolentis exsudet Ailr. Spec. Car. I 34. 539D; de gloria illa celesti rara ad nos ‥ et modica ~a venit J. Ford Serm. 44. 6; hanc stillulam laudis assume [Domine] placatus J. Howd. Cant. 252; quin Sathane satellitem ‥ ut fluvii damnabilis ~am Elmh. Cant. 209.

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