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† Virgoule(e Obs. Also 7 vergoule. [a. F. Virgoulée, the popular pronunciation of Villegoureix, the name of a village in the province of Limousin (Hatzf.).] = next.
1699Evelyn Kal. Hort. (ed. 9) 18 Pears. Winter Musk,..Vergoules, the great Surrein. Ibid. 134 Ice-Pear, Dove-Pear, Virgoule, Deadman's-Pear. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 53 La Virgoulee. The Virgoulee, otherwise call'd the Bujaleuf, Chambrett, the Ice-Pear [etc.]. Ibid. 160 Autumn, and Winter Pears, especially the largest; as the Beurees, Virgovles, and Bon-Cretiens. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 406 These Pears; [Nov.] Martin Sec,..Virgoule, Sucrevert. |