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pipa [ML], ~um 1 pipe, hollow tube: a (for conveyance of water); b (as blowpipe, for assaying of metals). c part of horse harness, tube (usu. of leather) through which the traces pass, pipe; d (for bell-ropes). a 1239 allocate ix m. et viij d. quod posuit in operibus fossati et cujusdam ~e facte et posite in eodem fossato castri de Sancto Briavello KR Mem 18 m. 15; 1275 pro plumbo fundendo et pro factura ~orum KR Ac 467/6/2 m. 11; 1317 ad quadam [sic] ~am plumbeam goteri Fabr. Exon. 79; 1339 mulieribus portantibus aquam de Were usque ad abbaciam ‥ quando ~a gelidata fuit, viij s. Ac. Durh. 536; 1397 pro vadiis Ricardi Plomer et Johannis Plomer ‥ faciencium unam novam ~am plumbi ad conducendum aquam KR Ac 479/23; 1443 ~as et fistulas plumbeas, ceterasque machinas sub et supra terraneas, in quibus aqua ipsa in et a predicto clauso capite, fontibus, cisternis, ceterisque quoque machinis, descendere et decurrere valeat Foed. XI 31.  b 1409 j ~a de eneo ad sufflandum ad assaiam AncD D 708.  c 1314 in ~is ad trayturam longe carete emptis, vij d. Comp. Worc. I 42; 1320 in emendacione carectarum in corio pro ~is ad easdem x d. KR Ac 482/1 m. 3d.; 1369 in ‥ ij paribus nov’ tract’ reparand’ cum pip’, bakteyes, wombeteyes MinAc 840/30 m. 2; 1389 iij paria tractuum cum hamis et pypus, iij paria colerus de novo empta, ij linces terr’ pro carecta Ac. Obed. Abingd. 57; 1402 in ij paribus tractuum emptis cum pypys pro eisdem, xv d. (MinAc Ropley, Hants) Ac. Man. Wint.; 1418 una cum ccc colariis de corio reparatis, cum hamis de ligno, ac stuffura rationabili de ~is, rigeboundes, bellibondes, et shotyngledders de corio pro reparacione ccc parium trays pro equis et carectis Foed. IX 543.  d 1397 in pypys emp’ pro campanis, iiij d. Mem. Ripon III 123. 2 (object formed or shaped like a pipe): a pipe or reel of thread (as sold, wrapped round a cylindrical or tubular core); b roll of accounts, esp. the Great Roll of the Pipe maintained by the Exchequer (from shape of a rolled document, also transf., referring to the department responsible for maintaining the roll). a c1420 pro j ~a auri de Venys et unius uncie de serico rubio pro laces pro mantellis Househ. Ac. II 660.  b 1167 parva pipa Gaufridi Peccam reddit compotum de dim. m. Pipe 52; 1167 magna pipa Henrici reddit compotum de dim. m. Ib. 53; 1167 terra trium canonicorum de pipa reddit compotum de j m. Ib.; pro diversis debitis domini regis que currebant in ~a contra ‥ defunctum Ac. Exec. Ep. Lond. 104; 1321 in expensis J. S. ‥ et Th. de R. quando petierunt vj li. et xvij s. in ~a pro respectu habendo in presencia J. de N., in vino xij d. Rec. Leic. I 336; ad exonerandum cives ‥ de quinque marcis annuis exactus in ~a MGL II 137; 1342 nuncius de scaccario ‥ liberavit ‥ T. de C. vicecomiti ‥ quandam ~am de scaccario predicto ‥ continentem duo folia KR Misc. 25; 1360 per servicium reddendi ad ~am iiij s. per annum IPM 151/5 m. 2; c1410 tunc custos pipe sedet illic clericus unus Vers. Exch. 60; 1416 vj s. viij d. pro irrotulata carta in ~a Rect. Adderbury 16; 1504 certa opera prius usitata patent in ~a de anno translacionis domini P. C. Wintoniensis episcopi secundo Crawley 498; 1583 controrotulatori ~e exequend’ scaccarii nostri Pat 1235 m. 22; 1586 judices [sc. in curia scaccarii] sunt ‥ clericus ~ae, contrarotulator ~ae, ‥ secundarii ~ae duo Camd. Br. 142. 3 pipe, large cask for storage or transport; b (of wine); c (of foodstuff); d (of other goods) (some quots. might also be referred to sense 4). 1290 j caneulla et ij ~e, vatta, ij barilla, ij cuve, et iiij magne cuve Reg. Wint. II 704; 1336 in ij doliis et ij ~is vacuis emptis pro cunis [? l. cuvis] et aliis necessariis inde faciendis Cal. Scot. III 352; 1469 pro tribus ~is vacuis, tribus barilibus de Hamburgh, quatuor barilibus minutis ExchScot 664.  b 1242 computate ‥ eisdem xxxj s. viij d. quos posuerunt in una ~a de musto portato a Wintonia usque Wudestok Liberate 16m. 17; 1328 una ~a semiplena de vino de warnathe , precii iiij li. (Invent. Stapeldon) Reg. Exon. 568; 1374 in celario vini una ~a et dimidium ~e plena de vino de Ghaschon Pri. Cold. app. lxxvi; predictus Th. ~am illam tam negligenter ‥ cariavit, quod ~a illa ‥ confracta fuit, sicque idem N. magnam partem vini ‥ amisit Reg. Brev. Orig. 110.  c 1268 abstulerunt ‥ quandam ~am et tres tonellos plenos frumento RL II 323; 1395 ~a pro pane Test. Ebor. III 7; 1439 in una ~a empta ‥ pro prebenda conservanda Ac. Durh. 233; 1462 pro expensis et carriagio ‥ trium ~arum ‥ ad conservandum martas predictas ExchScot 127; habens curam et administrationam xx ~arum gard’, vel unius mel’, et cum ‥ xx carectat’ frumenti Entries 17va..  d 1337 unam ~am in qua fuerunt unum tapetum et unum coverlyte valoris lx s. ‥ arestarunt IMisc 133/11/4; s1345 dicebatur ‥ de dicta villa unam ~am [v. l. pilam] plenam auro ‥ reportasse Knighton II 32; 1388 una pipa plena salmon’ IMisc 240. 14; 1419 utensilium Londonie in quadam ~a sive in ~is existencium Reg. Exon. 423; c1420 pro frectagio de xxiij ~is vij cistis cum hernesiis domini et aliis neccessariis diversorum officiorum hospicii de Hareflewe usque portum London’ per convencionem in grosso Househ. Ac. II 677; 1436 in duobus ~is et una rundella plenis harnesiis armorum et continentibus decem paria armorum integra ExchScot 680; capcionem predicte ~e de alom’ et cent’ de rosen’ in predicto loco Entries 557rb.. 4 pipe-full (as unit of measure), pipe: a (of wine); b (of other liquid in quot. 1453 = 108 gallons); c (of woad); d (of arrows; in quot. = 146 sheaves); e (of other goods) (some quots. might also be referred to sense 3). a 1212 computate ‥ tres ~as et unum dublerum de musco Cl 124; 1263 (1377) concessi eciam eisdem in quolibet die nundinarum suarum unam ~am vini dictis nundinis celebrandis per spacium septem annorum proximo sequencium (Pat) EHR XVI 334; 1291 de mmcciiijxxx doliis iij ~is de vino regis emptis et postea venditis (Rot. Cancell.) Oxnead Chr. app. 332; 13‥ vinitarius vendat vinum per modios, per dolea sive tonellos, per ~as, per sextaria, per dimidium sextarium, per lagenas sive galones, per potellos sive floreos, per quartas, per pintas, sc. dimidias quartas (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 339; 1391 Willelmo F. pro j tonnella j ~a de Rynen Ac. H. Derby 24; 1431 lego ‥ unam ~am vini rubii Test. Ebor. II 15.  b 1329 j ~a et j barell olei olive Ac. Durh. 16; 1336 mandamus vobis ‥ quod ‥ unam ~am de aceto ‥ mitti fac’ constabulario nostro RScot 465a; 1352 in j ~a cisere empta pro operariis in estate et autumpno, v s. Comp. Worc. I 65; 1418 percipiant de potibus ad retalliam venditis ‥ subsidium subscriptum ‥ viz. ‥ de qualibet ~a cisare, cervisie, et boscheto, quinque solidos Turonenses Foed. IX 565; 1453 qualibet ~a continenti cviij lagenas ‥ remanent vj ~e cervisie facientes vjcxlviij lagenas Ac. H. Buckingham 37.  c 1337 vj dolia et unam ~am waide valoris lxxviiij li. ‥ arestarunt IMisc 133/11 / 4; 1368 cum ‥ una pipa vini, una ~a waide ‥ arestata fuissent RScot 925a..  d 1337 ccc arcus bonos et sufficientes ac cordas ad eos competentes necnon unam ~am sagittarum continentem cxlvj garbas cum capitibus earundem emit Cl 158 m. 26.  e 1401 de iij s. receptis de j dolio et j ~o vasorum ligneorum ‥ venditis Househ. Ac. II 569; 1418 pro factura ‥ duodecim carectarum grossarum pro gunnis grossis supracariandis, viginti ~arum de pulvere de carbonibus salicis Foed. IX 543.

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