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piccher (1387-88)

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piccher (1387-88)

 
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  pitch v.2  MED:  picchen v.  DMLBS:  picchare 2274a
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
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The editor of Build comments on the ‘obscure’ nature of this passage, and translates the verb as ‘to drive in the foundation piles’, linking it, perhaps, to pic1 (a pointed implement). However, the English/Latin verb suggests a different sense, even though its etymology might ultimately be related. OED (Third Edition, 2006) tentatively proposes an unattested Old English verb *piccan as the etymon.

v.trans.

build.to set in place, erect
( 1387-88 )  (the carpenters) piccheront, mettront (=assemble?) et seieront (=saw?) les dites molynes (=water-mill)  Build salz 468
( 1407-08 )  pur .j. dawber par .iiij. jours et dimi a piccher un herth  Mch Tayl Accs2 287 (9 Henry IV)

[gdw]

See also:

picchynge 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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