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conspicamen

conspicamen , ‘glean’, measure of garlic (25 cloves). Cf. caput 8c. c1400 res alei constat ex xv [con]spicaminibus et quodlibet ~en continet xxv [sc. capita] (Assisa Ponderum) MS Durh. Univ. Libr. Mickleton & Spearman 27 f. 76 (cf. StRealm I 205: le res allium continet xv †sloues; Eng. Weights 10: xv †gloues [l. glones]; ib. 12: xv †gleyus [l. gleyns]); 14‥ ~en, a clene WW.

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