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† ˈdromed, -e Obs.
[ad. late L. dromeda, f. class. L. dromas, dromad-em.]
= dromedary.[‘Dromeda, quoddam genus camelorum, minoris quidem straturæ, sed velocioris’ (J. de Janua in Du Cange); ‘dromeda, & dromas & dromedarius, idem animal est minus camelo, sed velocius’. (Gloss. Camberonense in Du C.)] c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 340 Þei camen upon dromedis. 1388― Isa. lx. 6 The lederis of dromedis [1382 dromedaries] of Madian and Effa. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xxxvi. (1495) 797 Dromedarius is an heirde and keper of Dromedes. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. viii. (Sherard MS.), The dromedes þat they riden vpon. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 58, G. beareth sable, a Dromede passante d'Or, gesante a branche of the Date tree propre. |