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reclavare

reclavare [CL re-+LL clavare] , to nail on again, to fit with nails again. 1378 in lx clavis emptis pro tabulis super molendinum ~andis, iij d. (MinAc Fornsett) F. Davenport, Economic Development of a Norfolk Manor (new ed. 1967) p. lv; nonnulli ex utroque latere clavi, quibus carine fabrica jungebatur ‥ e suis sedibus dissoluti ‥ minabantur naufragium ‥ . ad usque destinatum portum pervenit Londonias, nondum licet ~ata navicula Deo gracias Mir. Hen. VI III 124.

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