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moretus, muretus [ME morei, murrei, OF moré, muré, moret < 4 morus] 1 (as adj) of murrey cloth or mulberry colour. 1295 item baudekynus murretus ‥ item duo baudekyni murreti ‥ item duo baudekyni rubei Vis. S. Paul. 328b. 2 (as sb m. or n.) drink made of fermented juice of blackberry or mulberry. s1060 singulis vasis vini, medonis, cervisie, pigmenti, morati, cisere, crus humanum vel caput vel brachium imposuit H. Hunt. HA VI 25 (= M. Par. Maj. I 534); 1180 de iiij li. pro ij mod’ moreti de forestis de Cesarisburg’ RScacNorm I 32; pro modio moreti ejusdem foreste Ib. 75; videas et siceram ‥ mustum et medonem atque moretum et omne quod inebriare potest Gir. Spec. II 4 p. 41; 1237 cariari faciatis unum dolium de mureto et aliud dolium de franeboyse usque Lond’ Liberate 11 m. 13; hic est cibus qui hominem in penitencia nutrit, que si videatur dura et insipida, in hoc gracie fonte et moreto fit mollis et sapida Bromyard I f. 330rb. 3 cloth dyed with juice of blackberry or mulberry. 1237 pro mm ‥ ulnis ‥ de viridi burnetto, pounacio et muretto Pipe r. 13; pro ‥ iij pannis de viridi, ij muretis, iij burnettis, v blois, j russetto Ib.; 1240 unum pannum de mureto Cal. Liberate I 445; 1243 pro capa et casula de samicto rubeo cum aurifragiis latis, tunica et dalmatica de amoreto Liberate 36 m. 16; 1249 mandatum ut majori et probis hominibus Linc’ quod ‥ capi faciant ad opus regis in villa sua sex bonos pannos de scarlatto et quatuor bonos pannos de morretto in grano Cl 159; octo capis ‥ quinque manicatis de optimo moreto M. Par. Maj. V 673; c1300 lego ‥ robam furratam de burneto ‥ sive de russeto ‥ sive scarleto, sive murreto, sive cameleto FormMan 17; 1303 c s. de uno panno de murreto integro vendito Ac. Exec. Ep. Lond. 55; de una supertunica cum capucio de murrata linata precii v s. Ib. 56.

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