† vitelen.
Obsolete. rare.
= betel n.
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1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. xvii. 44 In this was ye Vitele which the king doth chaw in his mouth.
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