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shafa, ~um, shefa, ~um [ME shaf, shef < AS sceaf], bundle, sheaf: a (of produce); b (of arrows); c (of pieces of iron or steel); d (of plates or panes of glass). a 1291 de octo shavis allei, unum quadrantem Pat 110 m. 11; 1391 de decem shavis allei venalis unum quadrantem Ib. 333 m. 10; 1397 de octo shavis allei unum quadrantem Ib. 346 m. 15; 1474 viginti schyve cardonum KR Ac 129/2; 1480 de ‥ duodecim schyvis cardonum Ib..  b 1318 cum uno schapho sagittarum, viz. viginti quatuor sagittis cum pertinenciis (Stat. Rob. I) Reg. Aberbr. I 259; 1336 sexaginta arcus et sexaginta shavas sagittarum RScot 438a; mille shavas sagittarum ‥ emi ‥ et si ‥ inveniri non potuerunt tunc tot shavas infra eandem civitatem cum omni festinacione fieri Ib. 446b; 1385 in xl ~e de arowheuedes Ac. Durh. 594; 1387 in v shaffe sagitt' sine capit' empt' Ib. 134; 1453 j arcus cum iij dimidiis shef sagittarum (Invent. Pri. S. Leonard) Arch. Soc. Norf XII 216.  c 1310 in iij schaffes aceris Ac. Durh. 7; 1378 in ‥ shafth calibis pro reparacione securium Ib. 387; 1382 in uno schaf' calibis Ib. 389; 1516 pro j c ferri, iiij sheiffes de calabe ‥ Fabr. York 96.  d 1403 pro ‥ j schafe vitri Ac. Durh. 394; 1483 pro ix shaffis vitri emptis Finc. ccclx; 1489 pro v shaff' vitri empt' Ac. Durh. 99.

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