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woda

woda, wada (g-) [ME wode < AS wad], woad (Isatis tinctoria), or the blue dye obtained from its leaves; b (in gl., applied to other dyes and dye plants). V. et. waida, welda. 1228 j fraiello de vaddo (Torksey) EEC 157; tinctores pannorum tingunt pannos in rubea majore, gaudone [gl.: wode, wede, gayde, warance, meder], et sandice Garl. Dict. 131; 1303 de eodem pro viij libratis wadii (Sandwich) EEC 268; 1304 pro vj doliis ~e (Sandwich) Ib. 168; 1417 omnimoda mercimonia, species, vina, wadda, madera, alumen, et omnes alie mercandise que sunt per pondus vendende Mem. York II 81; 1504 pro ij balis wade (Lynn) EEC 653; 1504 pro ij doliis waode (Lynn) Ib.; 1523 de cx magnis balleis gadi Law Merch. II 130; pro pretio vj sakettes wodi Entries 181ra.  b brasyl, gaudo ‥ vel lignum alexandrinum PP; candeo, A. wylde madur WW; gaudeo, A. woode or madur WW.

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