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gavelot
† ˈgavelot Obs. rare. [a. OF. gavelot, F. javelot: see prec.] A javelin or casting-spear.14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 596/23 Missile, a shafte and a shetel and a gauelot. 1674 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4) [Wrongly explained as ‘a warlike Engine to shoot stones or darts; a great sling’. So 1726 in Kersey.]
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javelot
† ˈjavelot Obs. [a. OF. javelot, It. giavelotto; in ONF. gavelot, Breton gavlod, MHG. gabilôt (Diez). See also gavelot. The original source of F. javel-, ONF. gavel-, in javelot, javeline, and their cognates, is uncertain, and beset with many difficulties; opinion at present favours a Celtic origin;...
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gavelock
gavelock Obs. exc. Hist. and dial. (ˈgævələk) Forms: 1 gafeluc, gaveluc, 2–4 gaveloc, 4–6 gavelok (gaw-), 5 gavilok, gavylok, 6 gaiflok, 6–7 gavelocke, 9 gav'loc(k), gowelock, dial. geavelock (-lick), 4, 7– gavelock. [OE. gafeluc str. masc. has the form of a regular dim. of gafel, ᵹeafel fork (see g...
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