scorioballum

scorioballum [1 scoria+2 ballum] 1 (in gl.) clapper (that strikes the hopper to release grain into space between the stones in a mill). 1‥ scarioballum, i. mulne cleper WW Sup. 306. 2 (by metonymy) cog-wheel in a mill. molendinarii fabricant farricaptias et rotas versatiles et aquaticas et fusos et scarioballa [gl.: A. cokkes] cinoglocitoria Garl. Dict. 130; cog of a mylle, scarioballum PP; scariaballum, A. a cogge WW; ~um, a cogwhele WW; scariaballum, kog WW; hoc striaballum, a cog of a welle WW; a cogge, scarioballum CathA.

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