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chargia [OF charge < carrica; cf. carca] 1 load, measure of dry goods. b (w. equi) horse-load. 1219 habere facias ‥ unam ~iam amigdal’ et ij freellos ficuum Cl 388a; 1317 xl ~eas salis, que usque summam d quarteriorum secundum mensuram quarterii salis in Anglia ‥ se extendunt Cl 134 m. 13d..  b 12‥ de qualibet ~ea equi veniente Dublin’ cum piscibus, que valet viij d. ob. (Chain Bk. Dublin) Doc. Ir. 129. 2 toll. 1201 de dampnis illatis ville de Hertf[ord] per cargiam quam comes habet apud Wares CurR I 474.

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