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scopatio

scopatio [LL scopare+-tio] 1 (act of) sweeping. scopo, -as, i. purgare, unde scopatus, ~o Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 535; in loquutorio erit donec ~o fiat in refectorio Obed. Abingd. 415; 1401 pro ‥ ~one domorum extra curiam interiorem contra adventum domini Pipe Wint. 11M58/B1/150; swepynge, ~o (PP) Camd. Soc. LXXXIX. 2 (act of) cleaning or gutting (fish). 1329 per xxxiv salmones scoppatos, et liberatos ‥ clerico coquine ‥ unacum cariagio et ~one eorundem ExchScot 160.

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