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meisa, ~ia [ME, OF meise, maise] 1 container for storage. 1292 pro viij meseis iiij d. Sacr. Ely II 3; 1421 pro j ~a cum vj pelvibus pr. xx s. (Ac.) EEC 499. 2 mease, measure: a (for herring); b (for copper). a quinque milia alec debent salire, condire, et siccare et in misas ponere Rec. Templars 23; 1205 viij ~as allecis de redditu RChart 157b; 1226 in ij ~is allecie (KR AcCust) Househ. Ac. 149; 1242 de ~a allecum, unum quarterium RGasc I 129a; 1250 de qualibet ~a allecis Pat 61 m. 4; 1283 de qualibet messia allecis Ib. 93 m. 6; 1289 in mesis empt., sc. x lest’ ‥ in meseriis ad mesand’ allec, precium lest’ ij d. ob. (Ac. Wardley sched.) DCDurh.; 1291 pro viij meseis iiij d. Sacr. Ely II 3; 1294 de custum’ mesyarum allec’ vendit’ (RentSurv. R 768) Tribal System app. 3; 1294 de quolibet batello piscant’ allec’ exeunte vel ingrediente portum j meis’ regi pro ij s. (Ib.) Ib. 4; 1374 in lardaria ‥ xxiiij salmones salsi ‥ xiij mayse de alecibus sore Pri. Cold. app. lxxvi..  b 1421 pro ‥ iij ~is cupri rubei (Ac.) EEC 505.

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