tersorium

tersorium [CL tergere+-torium] 1 cloth or sim. for rubbing or wiping clean or dry with; b (fig.); c (in gl.). omnia vero ‥ debent esse praeparata ‥ scilicet aqua calida ‥ ~ia ad pedes, manutergia ad manus Lanfr. Const. 108; camerarii est procurare ‥ ~ia ad radendum, ~ia in claustro pendentia, ~ia et manutergia mandati Ib. 151; tunc duo subdiaconi duo ~ia [ed. PL: mantilia] vel aliquos alios pannos altari superpositos tollunt Beleth RDO 98. 101B; c1203 unum troparium et unam crucem parvam de metallo et dua ~ia DL DeedsLS 111; togellas sive pallas illius altaris, ~ia, calicem, corporalia et offertoria ‥ in sua specialiter habebit custodia Cust. Westm. 55; corporalia ‥ et ~ia quibus calices terguntur et involvuntur Obs. Barnwell 70; 1396 in armario in ecclesia ‥ ~ia sine listis xxviij Meaux III lxxxi.  b hic paleas purgans excussos ventilet actus, / albaque mundande tribuat tersoria menti Hanv. VIII 248.  c pistores ‥ formant panes ‥ quos quocunt in furno mundato cum ~io [gl.: tersour, escovelon, tuayllun, tayle] Garl. Dict. 127; ~ium, A. a swepelles WW; pistor cum suis instrumentis ‥ hoc ~ium, A. a malkyn Ib.; a malyn, ~ium CathA. 2 (understood as) pestle (? cf. terere). 1417 in coquina ‥ j mortariolum eneum cum ~io ferreo Ac. Jarrow 91.