argoile

Middle English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman argoil, from Latin argilla (“clay”).

Noun

argoile

1. potter's clay
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Chanons Yeman”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio lxiv, verso:

     Cley made w[ith] horse dũge, mans heere, & oyle
     Of tartre alim, glas, berme, worte, & argoile

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References

• “argoile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.