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Definition: Quirboilly
Quirboilly
\Quir"boil*ly`\, n. [OE. cuir bouilli.]
Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape.
Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was
formerly used for armor. [Obs.]
“His jambeux were of
quyrboilly.” --Chaucer.
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