enfolderinfoldern.
/ɛnˈfəʊldə//ɪnˈfəʊldə/ One who or something which enfolds; †in quot. spec. an enveloping membrane.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun]
rimeOE
hameOE
skina1398
caul1398
shrine1398
tunicle1398
panniclea1400
pelliculea1400
slougha1400
membrane?a1425
pellicle?a1425
pellet?1440
enfolder1545
kell1545
involucre1578
skinlet1598
striffena1612
swathe1615
veil1639
tunic1661
swath-band1668
involucruma1676
wall1682
panniculus1702
theca1807
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who
enfolder1545
inwrapper1553
involucre1578
involument1578
burse1601
involvement1632
investment1646
involution1646
mantling1652
involucruma1676
tunicle1678
enveloping1693
envelope1715
enveloper1883
1545 T. Raynalde Womans Bk. (1564) 45 Bryngyng from thence the veine of the chylde, betweene his seconde and the innermost infolder.
1545 T. Raynalde Womans Bk. (1634) i. 79 The third or the inmost infolder of the child..is so thinne that one may easily see through it.
18.. E. B. Browning Wine of Cyprus in Poet. Wks. (1883) 30 That shadow, the enfolder of your quiet eyelids.
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