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punctillus

punctillus, punctiolus, punctulus [CL punctus+-illus, -iolus, -ulus] 1 slight (sensation of) pricking. o quam timemus in hac mortalitate omnem ~ulum doloris Gosc. Lib. Confort. 48. 2 small point or dot, spot. ~illi sunt infecciones communiter sanguinee, sicut si essent de mordicacione pulicis; set morantur continue. et ~illi sunt duplices, magni et parvi ‥ sed magni sunt infecciones late rubee et obscure in tibiis pauperum et consumptorum juxta ignem discalciate sedencium quasi continue, et vocantur Anglice mesles Gad. 40v. 2; 1388 [alba] cum archangelis auro textis et pinctiolis aureis intermixtis (Invent. Westm.) Arch. LII 245; cum lunis, rosis, pinctiolis et stragulis ‥ contextis Ib. 248.

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