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refollum

refollum [AN refoill, OF refol, refoul] , backflow, overflow, discharge (of millpond or fishpond, also w. ref. to right of conducting such flow over a specified piece of land or w. ref. to channel or sim. constructed to allow or direct such flow of water). c1150 me dedisse ‥ duo molendina ‥ et liberum accessum ad molendina in viis et semitis et †Resul [sic; l. reful’] CalCh IV 235; 1176 excepto quod retinui ‥ situm vivarii ‥ et tantum terre quantum idem vivarium cum toto ~o suo poterit occupare MonA V 662b; a1189 et in longum ‥ ex estparte quantum refullum stagni ipsius molendini durat Danelaw 135; c1257 me ‥ concessisse ‥ totum jus clamium ‥ in toto stagno de B., cum longitudine, latitudine, refulso Cart. Chester 421; 1262 quod ‥ possint firmare bedum et stagnum ‥ et fossatum vel kaeum erigere et refulum facere super terram de H Cart. Mont. S. Mich. 35; 1287 concesserunt ‥ quamdam placeam cujusdam alneti ‥ salvo eis refulsu aque ductus et stagni eorundem Cart. Chester 425; 1290 molendinum de W. cum stagno et sede molendini et libero cursu totius aque ‥ et totum refullum [CalCh II 382: †resullum] stagni ChartR 77 m. 16; ne stagnum faciat vel exaltet vel prosternat per quod nocere possit vicino, ut si per refullum aque submergat tenementum vicini Fleta 268.

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