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1 piretum v. birretum
2 piretum [CL pirum, pirus+-etum], ~a 1 place in which pears are grown, a pear-orchard. b place in which pears are stored. hoc ~um est locus ubi crescunt [pira] WW.  b piracium, A. a perehorde WW. 2 fermented drink made from pears, perry; b (as quasi-adj.; vinum ~um) pear-wine, wine made from or flavoured with pears. 1175 in custamento vini et pirati et sicere Pipe 137; in celario sint ‥ ydromellum, ~um [gl.: porei, peré, pereye] Neckam Ut. 98; 1294 pirreta (Birdbrook) MinAc Essex; c1300 fiat pulvis et sumatur ‥ cum aliquo liquore, ut puta vino, vel scero, i. wey, vel ~a, i. puree Pop. Med. 242; 13‥ vinetarius ‥ habent ‥ ~um, acetum, siseram, medum (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 339; ~um, A. pereye WW; pirrey [v. l. pirre], ~um, est potus factus de piris CathA.  b vinum ~um [gl.: de piris], vinum rosatum, vinum feratum, vinum falernum Neckam Ut. 98.

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