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moellus

moellus, muellus, ~a [AN moel, OF moiuel, moiel < modiolus] 1 hub, nave of a wheel. 1273 in j cerculo empto ad muellam emptam j d. (Forncett, Norf) MinAc; 1280 in ij muellis ad eandem parem [rotarum] emptis MinAc 935/7; 1316 pro ‥ circulis ferreis ad muellos rotarum predictarum KR Ac 99/21 m. 1. 2 (~us ovi) central part of an egg, yolk. et hic vitellus ‥ i. moiellus ovi Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 597; vitellus, moiellus ovi quod et meditullium dicitur Ib. 622. 3 sort of bowl or pan. moela est scutella maxima, profunda, a rotunditate sic primitus nominata Bart. Angl. XIX 129 p. 1244.

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