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prothenasthus

prothenasthus [? προτείνειν =to stretch out before] , ? sort of bow or crossbow. ex cornibus ‥ bovinis fiunt ~us [ed. 1601: arcus balliste, Trevisa: tippynge and nokkes to bowes, to arblastres] quibus tela contra hostes jactantur Bart. Angl. XVIII 12.

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