Obs. Also ersope. [? f. EAR sb. + SOAP.] App. = Ear-wax: see quots.

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[c. 1225.  John de Garlande, in Wright, Vocab., 121. Duo cornua, quibus vicine sunt aures, per quas colera expurgatur.]

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c. 1450.  Nominale, in Wr.-Wülcker, 676. Hec colera, the ersope.

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c. 1475.  Pict. Voc., ibid. 748. Hec colera [MS. tolera], a eresope.

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[a. 1500.  Nominale, ibid. 676, note. Colera, arwax.]

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