"mecche" meaning in Middle English

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      },
      "expansion": "Old French mesche",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "micca"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin micca",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "myxa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin myxa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μύξα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French mesche, from Vulgar Latin micca, probably from Latin myxa, itself from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mache",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meche",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "orig": "enm:Light sources",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wick (of a candle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mecche-enm-noun-M9p2eEz7",
      "links": [
        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "candle",
          "candle#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛt͡ʃ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmat͡ʃ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mecche"
}

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      "expansion": "mecche",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "macche"
        }
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        }
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        "alternative form of macche"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "macche",
          "macche#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mecche"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "match"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "match"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "micca"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "myxa"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μύξα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French mesche, from Vulgar Latin micca, probably from Latin myxa, itself from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mache",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "wick (of a candle)"
      ],
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        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "candle",
          "candle#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛt͡ʃ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmat͡ʃ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mecche"
}

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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "macche"
        }
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        "alternative form of macche"
      ],
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          "macche",
          "macche#Middle_English"
        ]
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