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scalpier (1464-65)

scalpier (1464-65)

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

v.trans.

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  Stats ii 406

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