† surclen.
Obsolete.
A small or young shoot of a plant; a sprout, sprig, twig; also, a small branch of a nerve, blood vessel, etc.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]
sproteeOE
wiseOE
spronkOE
wrideOE
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > branch
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eye vein1545
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propagation1615
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radicle1829
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > parts of nerves > [noun] > branch
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1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 70v The left Nerue..enwrappeth the nether Orifice of the ventricle with some surcles.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 98 Misseltoe..sprouteth not forth in boughs and surcles of the same shape and similary unto the tree that beareth it. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. iii. 183 The Azygos, or vena sine pari, whose surcles are disposed unto the other lower.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Pppp They sometimes cut off its tender surcles [printed succles].
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Surculs, little..shoots.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Surculus..a twig: a surcule.]
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