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pirasmus

pirasmus [πειρασμός = trial; cf. OED s. v. heft v.1 2 ‘to lift for the purpose of trying the weight’; perh. also understood as πεῖρας ‘instrument, tool’] , tang or haft of a knife. cultellus constat ex tribus, sc. ex cindula et manubria et pirasimo, et dicitur pirasimum a pirasmon Grece, quod est temptatio Latine, Gallice le assay del cotel (MS Gonv. & Caius Coll. Camb. 136) Teaching Latin I 330n. 35; cultellus ‥ habet tres partes ‥ manubrium sc. manche, scindula, et hoc pirasmium le assay del cotel (Ib.) Ib. II 82; tonge of a knyfe, ~us, -i PP; hic perrasmus, A tonge WW; hoc tenaculum, hic spirasmus, a tang WW; †parasivus [l. perasmus], the heve of a knyf WW; a tange of a knyfe, †parasinus [v. l. piramus] CathA.

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