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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Truelove \True"love`\, n.
1. One really beloved.
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2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}.
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3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning,
perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
--T. R. Lounsbury.
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Under his tongue a truelove he bore. --Chaucer.
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{Truelove knot}, a complicated, involved knot that does not
readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or
engagement; -- called also {true-lover's knot}.
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