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pincera

pincera, ~ia [ME pinceour, OF pinceure] 1 sort of tool or instrument, pincers, tongs. 1435 due magne pincie [? l. pinc’ie, i. e. pincerie] ferree, apte ad faciendum canones et bombardas, appreciate insimul xl s. T. Collect. W. Worc. 568. 2 small field or enclosure. 1445 necnon unam parvam pincer’ situatam in parte australi dicti mesuagii ‥ extendentem in longitudine ex parte occidentali dicte pincer’ sc. ab australi cornerio ejusdem pincer’ usque ad ‥ quod vero mesuagium cum gardino ‥ ac predicte pincer’ et parcella terre sive gardini jacent ‥ Cl 295 m. 19d..

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