Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒnchī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒnchī adj. Also bunchi. |
| Etymology | From bǒnche . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Bulging, projecting, convex.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)49a/a : Þe voyce is maad & compowned of þre gristelis. Þe firste is knotty & bonchy wiþoute & holouȝ wiþinne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)61b/a : Þe þihes bene..bunchy tofore.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)99b/b : Þe nailis beþ boistous & som bonchy as þere were a skabbe.