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bisse

bisse [cf. bes] , two-thirds (of as or other quantity). bes sive ~e: viii unciae Bede TR 4; si per tria quid dividere cupis, tertiam partem trien, duas residuas ~em nuncupabis Ib.; 798 addidit quoque duobus diebus et sex horis et ~e unius horae Alcuin Ep. 155 (cf. ib.: ~e, id est octo unciae unius horae); †astera [l. altera] pars assis semis, duo tertia bisse Garl. Syn. 1580D; aliam rationem hujusmodi nominis [sc. bisextus] quidam compotiste assignant, quia ex ~e momenti colligitur Bacon VI 18.

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