† lemniscn.
Obsolete.
1. A ribbon.
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riband?c1325
ruban1474
ribbon1518
lemnisca1706
glib1753
a1706 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 397 The ends and stalks of the tender branch were tied together with a lemnisc or ribbon.
2. = lemniscus n. 1.
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obelusOE
obelisk1583
stigmate1583
hypolemniscus1718
lemnisc1718
lemniscus1849
1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. i. 55 The Lemnisk was a strait line drawn between two points (as thus ÷).
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