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affinator , refiner (of metal). c1295 magistro Elye et sociis suis ~oribus KR Ac 260/5; 1297 minatores et ~or, quos dominus rex misit in Hiberniam, ‥ negligentes fuerunt in operando minas ibidem Ib. 230/27 r. 18; 1323 (v. affinare b); 1325 Willelmo Coppynhod ~ori ‥ ; tribus coadjutoribus ~orum ‥ LTR Mem 95 r. 128; 1566 adducturum xx homines metallicos, nempe fossores, fabros ferrarios, lotores, excoctores, ~ores atque alios ‥ rei metallicae recte tractandae expertos SP Dom. Eliz. 40 no. 73.

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