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perticare

perticare [ML; cf. CL perticatus =equipped with a pole] 1 to shape like a pole, or to place (candle) on a candle-stick. habebunt candelas viz. particatas et torcatas et minutam candelam secundum consuetudinem domus (Cust. Bury St. E. f. 118v) HBS XCIX 60. 2 to measure (land) in perches. 1225 sexties viginti acras terre ‥ ~atas pertica decem et octo pedum DCDurh. 2. 11. spec. 2; in hoc manerio sunt acre subscripte ad frumentum ~ate ‥ Cust. Taunton 94; 1289 perticam seu mensuram pertice, qua mensurando seu ~ando terras suas usi sunt RGasc II 400b..

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