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avidotus

avidotus [? cf. aquaeductus c] , drainage channel or tunnel, adit (in Devon lead-mines). 1301 in quo statu easdem mineras receperunt ac eciam in quo statu minere ille et avidodi [CalPat 625: †amdodi] tam subtus terram quam supra ‥ extiterunt Pat 121 m. 26d.; a1307 in cordis canib’ emptis ‥ ad aquam, terram et lapides de minera et veteribus ~is extrahend’ KR Ac 260/19 m. 1 (cf. ib.: de reparacione minere et factura avidodorum); 1323 in ‥ mundacione avidodorum ad tascham Pipe 118 r. 53; 1439 fodere in eisdem mineris et auditis earundem Pat 444 m. 21 (cf. FineR 267 m. 17).

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