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pitere (1332)

pitere (1332)

(pietre)  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF:  pitaire  / pitier  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

According to the DMF, the word derives from Cypriot pitaire. Alternatively, it may well be a misreading of picere, see picher, which is also a ‘large earthenware vessel’.

s.

large earthenware vessel
( 1332; MS: s.xivex )  Et demora des piteres totes massaiez d’or  Charboclois 338

[gdw]

See also:

picher 
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