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mensacula

mensacula, ~us, ~um [CL mesancula < μεσάγκυλον = javelin; reformed by analogy with mensa] , knife for use at table or dressing-board. vidi hodie institorem habentem ante se cultellos ad mensam, sc. ~as [v. l. ~os] et artavos Garl. Dict. 123; carnificies ‥ macheras et ~as scolaribus incutientes Ib. 127; cutellarius ‥ habeat ~a, sive cutellos ad zonam pendentes (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 341; bordenyfe, ~a PP; dressynge knyffe, ~a PP; trenchoure, knyfe, ~a PP.

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