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burla [OF borle; cf. burellus, burra] , wool flock (for stuffing mattress or saddle). b (?) candle-wick. 1238 pro fusteyn, carde et burl’ ad predictam culcitram et matracium Liberate 13 m. 23; 1257 unum materacium de burl’ Cl 33; 1270 cum ‥ ~a et sepo ad unam novam bargiam faciendam MinAc 1118/17 r. 4; 1321 [saddles mended] cum borla et canevas (MinAc) MFG; 1323 in emendacione iiij veterum sellarum et in octo libris ~e emptis pro eisdem Ac. Wellingb. 124.  b 1306 in ij petris et dim. cepi empti pro candelis, xx d.; in borla empta, iij d., item ij d.; in stipendio unius hominis facientis candelas ‥, v d. MinAc 856/15 m. 2.

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