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penide (iou) and sluice 1, noun (oh)


penide (iou)



penide noun. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
[Old French penide, -ite from medieval Latin penidium, usu. in pl. -ia, from medieval Greek penidion. Cf. PENNET.]
A piece or stick of barley sugar, or Other boiled sweet, esp. as a remedy for a cold. Usu. in pl.

sluice 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin excludere; EXCLUDE]
a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it