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premitus

premitus [? cf.CL premere+-itus] , ? (baculum ~um) sort of stick or staff used by weavers (cf. perh. ‘press-bar’, ‘press-beam’, v. OED s. v. press), or ? l. (sb. n.) sort of weapon or item that may be used as weapon. 1399 dicunt ‥ quod W. de W. ‥ et plures alii magistri textores venerunt vi et armis, cum polaxes, baculis premitis, baslardis, et aliis diversis armituris REED Chester 5.

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