filatrix

filatrix 1 spinster. c1230 dixit quedam vetula ~ix cuidam socie sue Ch. Sal. 268; 1355 Cristina atte Walle ~ix JustIt 312 r. 1; 1356 textrices et ~ices de villata de Maurdy (JustIt 312 r. 3d.) Enf. Stat. Lab. 182*; 1372 I. de H. et M. W. de W. sunt filiatrices ad rotam et capiunt stipendium contra statutum J. Lister & J. H. Ogden, Poll Tax (Lay Subsidy) 2 Richard II (1379) (Halifax, 1906) p. 43; 1380 de Isabella W. †~ix [l. ~ice] DocCOx 33; nullus ‥ mercator ‥ aliquid tradat mutuo ~icibus lanam filatam vel non filatam in vadium ponentibus Cust. Fordwich 6; CathA (v. filatista); ~ix, A. a spynnester, ‥ a spynner WW; in platea ‥ conversantur ‥ carminatrices et ~ices [Eng.: spynners] Whittington Vulg. 66. 2 one who provides wicks. ~ici candelarum vj d. Reg. Pri. Worc. 119b.