bissus

1 †bissus , (?) , or f. l for bissa, hind. 1293 cervum ~um damum damam [sic MS.; but cf.ChartR 30, m. 7: bissam] PQW 223a; 1362 de ‥ redditu xiij damorum vel cervorum tempore pinguedinis ferine et xiij damorum sive ~orum [sic MS.; but ? l. damarum sive bissarum] tempore fermisone Pat 266 m. 14.

2 bissus [OF bis] 1 a brown (of bread). b bay (of horse). a a1128 pistores qui cotidie habent ij panes albos et ij bisos cum cervisia Chr. Peterb. app. 167; c1150 jejunans debet sedere in aere ante mensam et commedere bisum panem suum (Reg. Reading) MonA IV 44; pistores ‥ faciant albos panes et bisos Leg. IV Burg. 60; 1259 [panem] bixum Cart. Boxgrove 172; 1303 panem ~um [seized in bakehouse] Cal. Mayor's CourtR Lond. (F) 152; 13‥ emant tria quarteria frumenti ‥ de quibus facient wastellum, panem levatum et panem ~um (Assaium Panis) MGL I 350.  b 1367 item ‥ unum equum ~um Test. Karl. 83. 2 (sb. m.) ‘byse’, fur of hind (bissa) or (?) squirrel (cf.Horn Bk. Lond 249d. [c. 1311]: memorandum qe gris et bis est le dos en yver desquirel); v. et. byssus. 1189 pro ‥ ij penulis de bisse et xij ~is ad caputium Pipe 224; 1205 supertunicam de blou et ~o Cl 25; 1207 penulas de bysso Cl 88; 1214 duas robas scarleti cum ~eis Cl 211; 1335 in j capucio de bysso empto Comp. Swith. 236; 1425 supertunica vel toga ampla sit et rotunda ‥ sine ~is [? l. birris; cf. 3 birrus] MonA VI 660.

3 bissus v. byssus