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cornaila

cornaila [AN cornaile, OF corneille < cornicula] 1 crow or rook. quid est mulcenti merule / ‥ / et †cornelle [v. l. cornella; (?) l. cornello or corvello], qui [sic] nubis pendule / vocat ymbres vi vocis querule? J. Howd. CA 180; 1291 falcones regis lanerios qui volant ad corvos et cornaill’ KR Ac 352/26 m. 5 (cf. Chanc. Misc. 4/4 f. 58: cornayll’); in uno homine conducto, qui cepit j corvum iiij corvelia [? l. cornelia] pro columbano et alios aves Cuxham 318. 2 crow-bar. Cf. cornix 2. 1278 pro ij †corvailis [l. cornailis; Lancs & Chesh Rec. Soc. LXVIII 195: †cornaibis] ferreis pro lapidibus levandis de quarrera (KRAc 485/22) Building in Eng. 331.

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