scalpier (1464-65)
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scalpier (1464-65)

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  FEW:  scalpellum *11,273a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  scalper  TLF: ∅ OED:  scalp v.1  MED:  scalping ppl.  DMLBS:  scalpere 2951c
 

v.a.

1 textile to scrape (as part of the process of raising the nap on cloth): 
( 1464-65 )  [...] qe chescun fullour [...] en sa arte et occupacion de fuller et scalpier ou tezeiler de drap exercise et use teizels et nulls cardes  ii 406
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