acerare

1 acerare [cf. 3 acer] , to tip with steel. 1223 cuneos bene ~atos Cl 564b; 1280 in stipendio fabri ferrantis et asserantis ferramenta carucarum de suo proprio ferro et assere (Ac. Ruckinge) DCCant.; 1289 in pikos’, securibus ‥ et aliis utensilibus cementariis acuendis et ~andis KR Ac 479/15 r. 3; 1325 pro iiij martellis asceratis de ascere regis Ib. 469/8 r. 1; 1359 mille garbas sagittarum bene ~atarum Cl 197 m. 9; 1378 in billis et weggis acuendis et asserandis DCCant. Bartoner/55; 1412 in reparandis et †asselandis instrumentis cementariorum Ch. & Rec. Heref. 270.

2 acerare [cf. 1 acus] , to cleanse (from chaff). b (p. ppl.) impure (mixed with chaff). to clense, ~are, prod[ucitur]ce, p[er]acerare, colare ‥ CathA.  b foule, ~atus, deformis ‥ CathA.