Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ liccio +‎ -are.

Verb

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allicciàre (first-person singular present allìccio, first-person singular past historic allicciài, past participle allicciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (transitive, weaving) to heddle, thread
  2. (transitive, woodworking) to set (a saw), to adjust (bend) the teeth of (of a saw) (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
  3. (intransitive, figurative, Tuscan) to make off

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Further reading

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  • allicciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • allicciare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Ragazzini, Giuseppe e.a. (2003) il Ragazzini 2003 – Dizionario Inglese Italiano, Italiano Inglese (in Italian), 4th edition, Bologna: Zanichelli editore S.p.A., page 1391

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