pollicium

pollicium [CL pollex, pollicis+-ium] 1 thimble. tecam habeat corigialem acus insidiis obviantem que vulgariter ~eum [vv. ll. ~ium, policium, gl.: dael, pocir, polluz] dicitur Neckam Ut. 101; a themelle, digitale ‥ ~ium CathA. 2 a thumb’s breadth, inch. an inche, ~ium CathA; hoc ~ium, a nynche WW; pollisium, A an ynche WW.