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siccatrix

siccatrix [CL siccare+-trix], person (f.) who dries (malt), kiln-wife. 1244 in expensis ~icis brasii ij d. MinAc 766/19d.; 1258 item ~ici braseorum, xxvj d. Ac. Wellingb. 1; 1344 liberatum Leticie Marcold ~ici brasii ibidem, pro brasio inde faciendo Ac. Trin. Dublin 54; hec ~ix, a dryster WW; a1500 cum expensis ‥ Emme Sabyne †siccatoris [MS: siccat'] brasei MinAc Wistow 97.

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