quirboilly
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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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
