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emolere

emolere [CL] , to grind, whet, sharpen; b (fig.). c (p. ppl.) sharp-edged. quam [sc. cultelli laminam] perfectam cum vellet ~ere Ben. Pet. Mir. Thom. IV 69; 1188 pro iij molis ad esmolendas operationes regis ‥ xij s. et j d. Pipe 14; 1229 mandamus vobis quod habere facias Willelmo le Favre ‥ quendam lapidem ad emolend[os] quarellos quos fabricat Liberate 8 m. 11; 1234 Johannes Faber ‥ debet emolare falces omnium falcatorum domini Cust. Glast. 59.  b aperto corde decurrit non ut ~at aut lucretur, et in emolumentum et lucrum incautus illabitur Map NC V 3 f. 60.  c 1251 siccum quod jacuit per terram quod colligere possent manibus suis sine armis ~itis IMisc 5 m. 24; fecit ‥ plagam mortalem ‥ quodam gladio vel aliquo genere armorum ~itorum Fleta 48; 1283 gladium emolutum RGasc II 210.

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