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caelare [CL] 1 to carve, engrave. b (p. ppl. as sb. n.) engraved vessel. ~atum, agraben GlC C 249; celatum, †abrectat[? l. abracad] Ib. 350; caelatas faciem portendunt apte figuras Æthelwulf Abb. 651; 9‥ ~atum, i. pictum, agrafen, astemped WW; †833 (15c) offero ‥ cyphum meum deauratum et per totam partem exteriorem barbaris victoribus ad dracones pugnantibus ~atum CS 409; summus fabricator, que fieri disposuit in noy ‥, tanquam in spera aurea scelata, sigillo perpetue memorie signavit D. Morley 7; to grave, ~are, cudere, sculpere CathA.  b ~ata, adrifene fatu Ælf. Gl.; ~ata sunt vasa aurea vel argentea signis evidencioribus intus vel extra expressa Bart. Angl. XIII 125. 2 to roof, ceil, panel (? infl. by 2 caelum); b (w. ref. to altar canopy; cf. 1 caelatura 2b). 1168 pro ~anda camera regis de Clarendon Pipe 157; 1173 pro viij miliaribus bordorum de fago missis Wintoniam ad cameras regis ~andas Pipe 29; 1229 in capella nostra de Havering’ ~anda Liberate 8 m. 8; 1373 ij carpentariis conductis ad selland’ dictam domum et reparand’ defectus ejusdem MinAc 900/6; [abbas T., ob. 1396] muros studiorum ‥ pulcherrime ~avit G. S. Alb. III 388; 1411 via de capella prioris ad cameram suam de novo selata et reparata Lit. Cant. III 115.  b 1231 quod capellas ‥ regis, sc. S. Stephani et S. Johannis Westmonasterii, ~are faciat ultra altaria Cl 9; tabula picta ante altare B. Virginis cum superaltari ~ato et cruce superposita et pictura desuper G. S. Alb. I 233.

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