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ulnare

ulnare [CL ulna+-are], ~erare [infl. by CL vulnerare], to measure by the ell (v. ulna 2). b (p. ppl. as sb.) ell. filius burgensis tunc aetatem habere intellegitur cum denarios discrete sciverit numerare et pannos ~are Bracton f. 86b; male ~ando [gl.: en mesurant] cum ulna curta Garl. Dict. 128 (v. ulna 3); c1268 ex quo infans sciat ~are ulnam panni JustIt 618 r. 23d.; 1291 ulneatores juratos, qui fuerunt in eisdem nundinis ex parte regis ad ~eandum telam de canabo (PlRExch) Law Merch. II 52; 1294 nullus alius preterquam burgensis ~abit, secabit, aut scindet pannos lineos vel laneos (Chesterfield) BBC 288; c1330 de pannis ‥ que non sunt ~erati per ulneratorem regis ‥ per mensuram contentam in eodem statuto EHR XXXIX 251; to mete, mensurare ‥ ~are cum ulnis CathA.  b 1289 de quolibet solo de quatuor canis vel ~atis lato in amplitudine et duodecim in longitudine RGasc II 398b; quod continet octo ~atas et dimid’ in latitudine versus stratam regiam Reg. S. Osm. I 331; c1460 pro xiiij ~atis panni linei de Holond Cant. Coll. Ox. 181.

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