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terricidium

terricidium, ~ia [cf. CL terra, caedere] 1 peat or piece of cut peat. 1277 pro ~iis emptis ad opus camere regine vj d. KR Ac 3/15; 1296 de J. de W. quia suffodit ~ias de fossato Norwyci exaltando calcetum tente sue Leet Norw. 47; 1311 et terra et terricidio [MS: terriciodio] pro stagno dicti molendini reparando Cart. Chester 229; 1338 in carbonibus et turicidiis ad lan' siccand' KR Ac 457/7; 1393 W. B. et sociis suis pro cariagio ciiij m. tericidiorum de Langwath Fabr. York 130; 1396 in †tortricidiis [Camd. Soc. NS XIV 33: t'ricidiis] per totum tempus viij d. (Comp. Ebor.) Med. Stage II 289; s1335 Angli ‥ circumvicinos ‥ Scotos ‥ angariaverunt de turbis et ~iis firmissimum murum componere Bower XIII 29; videbatur sibi quasi percuteret ~ium more Ghost Stories 415; 1466 decimas ‥ lane, lini, croci, grani, terrescidiorum, et carbonum Conc. III 604a; a turfe, cespes, gleba [MS: ~ium, turba, glebella] CathA; 1538 de xxiij s. iiij d. receptis de vendicione ~iarum infra dictam forestam MinAc 464 r. 8d.. 2 place from which peats are cut, turbary, or (act of) peat-cutting. 1402 quodque idem vicarius decimas ~iorum, curtilagiorum, fossorum pede ‥ percipiat Reg. Ant. Linc. II 240.

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