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carpentare [cf. AN carpenter, OF charpenter] , to shape or work (wood); b (absol.). 1232 visores custi positi in vjxx quercubus tondendis, ~andis et cariandis ‥ KR Mem 12 r. 16; 1241 eas [quercus] prosterni faciatis, ~ari et cariari ‥ Liberate 15 m. 17; 1277 in ‥ camera ‥ et claustro ~andis et levandis ad taskam Banstead 313; 1296 in toto maeremio portando ‥ usque ad locum ubi ~abatur Ac. Galley Newcastle 166; 1329 cindulas formando seu ~ando KR Ac 467/7/1; 1333 in dicto axe ~ando et ad rotas aptando LTR Mem 105 r. 194; 1359 naves et batellos inibi indies ~ant, faciunt et operantur Cl 197 m. 29; 1384 in stipendio ‥ carpentariorum ‥ ~ancium scultres, pyles et trabes Doc. Leeds 115; 1390 in stipendio †carpentium [? l. ~ancium] grunsullam Comp. Swith. 417; [tempore abbatis T., ob. 1399] maeremium pro ‥ molendino preparatum tam rude erat tamque improvide ~atum quod ipsam domum in qua erat sua mocione fecit esse ruinosam Meaux III 241 (cf. ib. II 211).  b 1336 in stipendiis v carpentariorum ‥ operancium et ~ancium super construccione cujusdam aule (KR Ac 19/40) Cal. Scot. III 364.

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