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ventilogium

ventilogium [cf. CL ventus, horologium], weathercock, weather vane. cheruca tamen proprie dicitur ~ium [gl.: wedirkoc], quod in Gallico dicitur cochet Neckam Ut. 115; s1261 tecto turris ex fulmine desursum in summitate incenso, comburitur per decensum longitudine circiter xxx pedum, sive, ut quidam asserunt, l. computato ~io Flor. Hist. II 473; 1285 j virga ferrea ad ~ium Fabr. Exon. 6; 1346 in j pelve empta pro ventilog' emend' ‥ in factura ejusdem Sacr. Ely II 136; 1369 ~ium ‥ ad cognoscendum ubi demonstrat ventus (KR Ac) Building in Eng. 235; 1378 ~io dicte navis prostrato quasi inimici manifesti per spacium trium leucarum predictis ligeis malitiose ‥ IMisc 220 no. 7 m. 4; nomina ecclesie nessessaria ‥ hoc ~ium, a wedercok WW.

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