Talk:limaille

RFV discussion: May 2022–February 2023
limaille is a well-attested Middle English word with meaning 'metal filings.' It is also a Modern French and Anglo-Norman word with the same meaning, the latter being the root of Modern English lemel, again with the same meaning. In Modern English texts, limaille is attested in some 19th century dentistry texts, with the same meaning (as best I can tell) as the French word. To me this seems like conscious use of French in an otherwise English text. In any case, I cannot verify the metallurgical sense given, especially in light of lemel, and I am not convinced by the odontological cites. Winthrop23 (talk) 13:51, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * @Equinox where did you get this sense from? The gloss for the metallurgy sense is awfully specific. This, that and the other (talk) 02:35, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm beginning to wonder whether Winthrop23 has won a prize... This, that and the other (talk) 02:40, 29 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I may have made a mistake. It's in George-Floyd Baronet Duckett's Technological Military Dictionary (page 116), under ; however, is given as the French word there, not the English... Equinox ◑ 02:58, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * OED has it as a variant of ; however, there is only one late-19th-century quotation using that spelling. The other post-1500 quotations spell it variously as limall, limmell, and lummle. — Sgconlaw (talk) 13:21, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

RFV Fail for the metallurgy sense. Ioaxxere (talk) 18:04, 9 February 2023 (UTC)