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flotagium

flotagium [cf. flotiscum] , skimmings of fat from pot in which meat is cooked. 1417 de feodo coquine, x s. item in flotago [sic], xx s. Ac. Durh. 613; 1419 in iiijxx xiij petr’ cebi ad xij d. et liiij petr’ ~ii coquine ad x d. ‥ pro candelis albis, pro unccione ovium et carectarum Ib. 616; 1459 in l petr’ cebi, xlv petr’ ~ii empt’ de cellario pro candelis inde fiendis, unccione ovium, unccione rotarum carect’ Ib. 638.

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