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caldaria, ~arium [LL < calid-; cf. AN caldere, chalder, OF chaudiere] 1 metal pot for hot water, cauldron. b (royal) ‘pot’ or kitchen. c ordeal kettle. d (?) wash basin. ~aria, cetil GlC C 197; mittite eam [aucam] in ~ariam, coquite et comedite Bede CuthbP 36; ~ariam ‥ ignibus superposuit L. Durh. Brig. 175D; 1157 pro ~aria cum tripode ad opus regis, xx s. Pipe 112; 1204 pro cauderiis coquine nostre Liberate RC 80; 1205 ad †caudias [? l. cauderias] nostras faciendas et ad hernasium sumar’ coquine nostre parandum Cl 17b; 1213 in ij patellis et kalderiis Ib. 128b; c1227 tenet ‥ ad custodiendum kauderas ‥ regis Fees 380; c1237 brodium calidum de callidariis bullientibus super vestimenta clericorum projecerunt Wykes 84 (cf. M. Par. Maj. III 482: de lebete ubi carnes pingues coquebantur); 1246 rex mittit Lond’ de utensilibus coquine ij magnas chauderas Cl 399; 1283 de †caldeis, de anderiis, de patellis RGasc II 211 (cf. ib.: de cauderiis); 1289 de quolibet ~ario ferri vel ennei vendit’ ad braciandum, j d. Ib. 405; hoc reputat delicias / caldarium cum pultibus / dare circumsedentibus (De Wallia 139) Higd. I 38; hoc ~arium, A. caldron WW; 1450 item in brasina ‥ j ~erium Test. Ebor. II 144; c1460 in brasina j plumbum cum cuppa que dicitur masfate vel ~arium Reg. Aberd. II 85; a calderon, ~ria, lebes, eniola CathA.  b 1236 R. le Moyne tenet E ‥ per serjantiam ut sit emptor ad cauderam ‥ regis Fees 590 (cf. ib. 1349: emptor ‥ de coquina).  c signet locum in atrio ecclesiae ubi ignis fieri possit ad ~ariam suspendendam in qua aqua bulliens efficiatur (Jud. Dei) GAS 420.  d 1243 fieri faciat duas cauderas [corr. from candelabras] argenteas unam ad opus regis et aliam ad opus regine, ita quod utraque earum sit ponderis [corr. from pretii] c librarum Cl 142. 2 chalder, dry measure (esp. Scot.) (cf. ME cheldre, celdre, etc.): a (of grain or malt, = 16 bolls, approx. 12 quarters); b (of salt); c (of lime); d (of coal, usu. = 32 bushels). a a1150 concedo ‥ octo cheldros de brasio et octo de farina (Holyrood) E. Ch. Scot. 153; c1150 dedi ‥ in Edinham de molendino xij celdr’ de brasio quolibet anno; ‥ et in ‥ Roxburge ‥ in molendinis xx celdr’ inter farinam et frumentum (Kelso) Ib. 194; 1174 pro xlviij cheldris farine de avena Pipe (Northumb) 105; sunt xij villani ‥ et reddunt ‥ xlviii celdras de avermalt ad mensuram aule de Heghyngtona Boldon Bk. 21; 1209 rusticus et firmarius ‥ dabunt ‥ de celdra manus j firlotam (Stat. Will. 35) APScot 59; 1228 xv ceudras avene ceperunt ballivi Feod. Durh. 229; 1266 in farina avene x celdras vj bollas et ij partes j bolle ExchScot 1; 1281 nulla mulier emat in foro avenas ad faciendum braseum ad vendendum plus quam j celdram Stat. Gild. Berw. 43; 1291 in frumento liberato ‥ in iij seudris continentibus xij quarteriis per mensuram Anglie, pretium seudre xxxij s. Doc. Scot. I 209; 1292 pro qualibet †corolata bladi dabunt j ferlotam pro omni multura et servicio RScot 11a; 1334 lxv celdras siliginis ‥ precii celdre xxv s. Ib. 271b; 1336 de xiiij li. v s. pro xj seldris frumenti Cl 157 m. 7; 1469 pro ij celdris iiij bollis ordei, j celdra viij bollis frumenti ExchScot 631; insumpsisse celdras brasii 60 Ferr. Kinloss 27.  b 1237 solvendo unum †eccheud[rum] salis ad duos terminos (Cambs) AncD D 129; a1252 v celdras salis annuatim, tales quales ego recipio de salinis meis (Ch. Alnwick) ChartR 93 m. 12; 1303 si aliqua navis ‥ partem [salis] velit secum adducere ‥, dabit pro qualibet sceldra ad exitum j d. et pro bolla nichil (Berwick) EEC 165; c1330 in iiij celdris grossi salis ‥ xl s. Ac. Durh. 519; 1429 per liberacionem ‥ x seldrarum salis grossi ad lardriam regis ExchScot 509.  c 1296 (v. 2 calceta b); 1466 pro ‥ xvj celdris calcis ExchScot 401.  d c1300 de ij celdris carbonum Hal. Durh. 12; 1327 in empcione viij chaldr’ carbonum maritimorum et portacione eorundem a mare usque ad castrum, pro quolibet chaldr’ ij s. Ac. Sheriffs (Yorks) 49/12; 1336 x ~ra carbonum maritimorum RScot 409b; 1432 dimidium chaldre carbonum maritimorum Test. Ebor. II 23 (cf. ib. 97: 1444 dimidiam celdram carbonum); 1454 in le colehouse sunt iiij celdre carbonum Ac. Durh. 149; 1460 celera [carbonum] (MinAc) VCH Durh II 324; 1469 restant ‥ xx celdre carbonum ExchScot 630; 1504 pro vj chaldriis see colys EEC 649. 3 caudle. Cf. caldellum. a cawdille, ~arium CathA.

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