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blestare

blestare [OF blester] , to cut turf. b (?) to clear of turf, or to break up clods (in or for). 1281 appropriavit sibi communam pasture ‥ in mora de Castr’ [Lincs] ‥ et ‥ fecit ~are in eadem sine warranto PQW 412a; 1282 quociescunque ipsos contigerit ~are vel turbas fodere, ‥ bene licebit eidem abbati ‥ ibidem ~are ‥ usque ad medietatem totidem hominum et bescarum (Yorks) Fines 267/61/4.  b 1285 ~abit [Cal.: †blescabit] per j diem pro j opere Cust. Suss II 25; ista opera expendit in triturando, terras ~ando, blad’ sarclando Ib. II 26; 1321 debet blastrare per totum [diem] pro j opere (Ext. Goring) Cust. Suss III 49; debet blestrare [Cal.: †blestiare] ordeum domini per duos dies cum j homine Ib. III 65; 1348 in terris domini hoc anno ~andis apud Wy [Kent] et Plumpton [Sussex] MinAc 899/7.

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