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wile

wile, ~um, ~ium [ME wele, wile], sort of wicker trap for catching fish. 1256 fit destructio salminiculorum per wyles et per minuta retia AssizeR Northumb 103; in gurgite et wara reparanda ‥ in wiliis et pottis ad idem faciendis, xij d. Ac. Beaulieu 70; 1278 quod ‥ non ponatur aliquod rete vel wile sive borach' ad stagna JustIt 132 r. 32d.; 1325 expense gurgitum ‥ in uno magno willo cum puteo empto ij s. MinAc 854/8.

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