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quirboilly

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  1. 1. n. Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. Source: opted
  2. 2. Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. [Obs.] "His jambeux were of quyrboilly." Chaucer. Source: webster
  3. 3. Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape.Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly usedfor armor. [Obs.] "His jambeux were of quyrboilly." Chaucer. Source: adambom

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