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pichera, ~us, ~um, ~ia, ~ius, ~ium [ME, AN picher] , jug, pitcher; b (as measure of drink). 1211 in scutellis et ~iis emptis pro hospitibus x d. ob. Pipe Wint. 65; 1213 nobis habere faciatis ‥ buscam, carbonem, ~ios, et cyphos ad sufficientiam Cl I 157b; 1258 olla et ~a emptis iiij d. ob. Crawley 225; picarium argenteum Domerh. Glast. 523; 1295 unus ~eus, viij disci fracti, vj plate argenti impignorantur ballivis ‥ KR Ac 232 (22); 1295 lego ‥ unum pitcherium argenteum Test. Ep. Sal. 524; lego ‥ duo magna et unum modicum pitcherum argenteum Ib. 526; 1313 iiij picterie stagn’ precii ij s. Reg. Carl. II 93; 1323 in una sella emendand. ij d., in j pigio [? l. pig’io, i.e. pigerio] facto iij d. Sacr. Ely II 28; 1335 in pycheriis emptis iij s. Comp. Swith. 231; picarius, quidam ciphus, A. a curskyn WW.  b c1150 per servicium de uno picardo vini (Ch.) ; Ezra Cleaveland Courtenay Family (1735) app. p. 10; 1242 duo dolia cervisie et septingentos ~os, et sexaginta ollas RGasc I 8a; eorum ~ia, qui de cervisia conventuali liberaciones habuerunt ‥ ab eisdem famulis ‥ impleri Cust. Westm. 99; c1270 portabit unum pichorum vini et unum ciphum argenti (Ch.) ; Ezra Cleaveland Courtenay Family (1735) app. p. 11; 1283 omnes tenentes ‥ quando braciant tenentur mittere ad curiam ‥ unum ~um, ad minus de duobus galonibus Cust. Battle 36; 1319 in potura et stipendio j ~i per x dies ‥ in convencione j tassatoris in autumpno MinAc 992/10; 1453 remanent apud W. xix pipe, xl lagene [sc. vini], facientes dxxij sexteria, ij ~ios Ac. H. Buckingham 36.

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