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1 gratare [ME graten < OF grater < Frk. kratten] 1 to scratch. in die, si aliquid illius somnii oblitus sit, cratet sibi caput retrorsum, ubi est virtus memorie, et tunc ‥ facile erit memor, si Deus vult M. Scot Phys. 46; 14‥ ~o, A. to cracche WW. 2 to harrow. c1280 burgenses sint liberi ab omni ‥ servicio arandi, cratandi, fenum colligendi (Laugharne, W.) BBC 121; 1286 in iiij acris frumenti et iiij acris pis’ ~andis et circumfodiendis (Devon) MinAc 827/39 r. 1.

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