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ormer (iou) and coynye (iou)


ormer (iou)



ormer noun. M17.
[Channel Islands French = French ormier, from Latin auris maris ear of the sea, so called from its resemblance to the ear.]
A sea-ear or abalone of northern and Mediterranean waters, of the genus Haliotis; esp. H. tuberculata, used as Food in the Channel Islands.
ormering noun the collecting of ormers (in the Channel Islands) E20.

coynye (iou)



coynye noun. . LME.
[Irish coinneamh.]
Irish History. Food and Entertainment exacted by chiefs for the billeting of their attendants; a tax imposed in place of this.