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farrifer , producing grain. b bringing emmer (rather than wheat; in quot., fig.). Dominic Mir. Virg. 142vb (v. faenifer).  b c1140 vos ego Ciceronem, vos etiam rigidum Catonem, vos Augustum ~erum dixerim; Marcum severitate, Catonem equitate, Augustum frugalitate (Lit. abbatis) Chr. Evesham 112n.

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