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minusa

minusa, menusa [OF menuise < minutia] , kind of small fish, sts. denoting the minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus), or applied generally to any small fish. b fry, young one of a fish. pulverem ei de minusia fac et cum carne ei porrige Adel. CA 13; 1207 pro mulvello vj s. et pro menusa vj s. (Chanc. Misc.) Househ. Ac. 113; 1211 in minusia empta ad opus domini regis, xij d. Pipe Wint. 42; 1323 in †memisia [l. menusia], iij d. ob. Ac. Wellingb. 127; 13‥ piscator ‥ habeat ‥ celliras sive minusas (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 340; 1493 in menuciis pro interferculari vj d. Comp. Swith. 308; 1514 in menusiis pro interferculari iij d. ob. Ib. 330.  b 1219 quod nullus ‥ decetero capiat menusam salmonis Cl I 385a..

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