† formicen.
Obsolete. rare.
The ant.
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emmeteOE
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pismirec1395
formice1484
merpyss1527
calicrat?1590
pissant1649
formica1865
muryan1865
macraner1907
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. xvii A fable Of the ante or formyce and of the flye.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxviii. f. lii/2 Salamon, the whyche sente the slowthfull to the formices or Auntes.
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