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calavance
calavance ? Obs. (ˈkæləvæns) Forms: 7 garvance, caravance, 8 calla-, callevance, callvanse, kalavansa, 8 callivancy, 8– calli-, calavance. [Orig. garvance, caravance, a. Sp. garbanzo chick-pea, according to Larramendi ad. Basque garbantzu, f. garau seed, corn + antzu dry. (Diez says the question of ...
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Calavance
Calavance may refer to several kinds of edible dry bean or foods made from them:
Hyacinth bean (most commonly)
Chickpea, probably connected etymologically
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Chickpea
The word , from an alteration of Old Spanish , came first to English as "garvance" in the 17th century, being gradually anglicized to "calavance", though
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garavanca
garavanca, -ance, -anza obs. ff. calavance.1628 Digby Voy. Medit. (1868) 75 All sixe were laden with wheate, garauanzas and cheese. 1699 in Misc. Cur. (1708) III. 391 They eat parched Garavancas, parched Almonds, and Beans. 1770 Franklin Let. to J. Bartram 11 Jan. in Darlington Mem. Bartram (1849) 4...
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garence
† garence ? var. garavance, calavance. Obs.1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. vii. 14 Panick, Amilcorne, Spelt-corn, Garences, Dewgrasse, Jobs-teares, Comin-seede, Annise-seede.
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garbanzo
garbanzo (gɑːˈbænzəʊ) Also 8 garvanzo. [Sp.: see calavance.] The chick-pea, Cicer arietinum.1759 tr. Venegas's Nat. & Civ. Hist. Calif. I. 45 The same success attended the experiments made with..garvanzo, or a kind of pease. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali i. vi. 104 A puchéra, the ingredients of which were ...
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calletrappe
calletrappe, -vance obs. forms of caltrop, calavance.
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