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† ruel-bone Obs. Forms: 4–5 rouwel, rowel, roelle, ruel(l, rewel(l, reuyll bone (boon). [f. ruel n. + bone n.] Ivory (possibly that of the narwhal).13.. Leg. Pope Gregory (Schulz) 994 Briȝter þan þe rouwel-boon. c 1350 Ipomadon 6456 A sadull all off sylke, The sege off rewell bone. c 1386 Chaucer Si...
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▪ I. † ruel, n. Obs. rare. In 4 ruwal. [a. AF. roal, Norman rohal, rochal (Godef.), Latinized as rohallum, rohaulum (Du Cange), in all probability a Scandinavian word of which the second element is hval whale.] = ruel-bone.[a 1250 Vie St. Auban 3 De peres preciuses, de ivoire ne roal.] c 1314 Reinbr...
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