tractorium

tractorium [CL tractorius], device operated by or used for pulling: a windlass. b device used in pulling a shoe on (v. et. tractellum). c (in gl.) trace. a cum sensissent retentum in imo ~ium, tenuerat quippe uncus ‥ infantuli caligam, trahentes ‥ elevarunt ‥ corpus Mir. Hen. VI III 120; ~io quodam ferreo rimari profunda fluminis satagebat Ib. V 156; a wyndlasse, ~ium, tollo Levins Manip. 34. b da mihi ‥ ‥ unum ~ium, ut cum eo meos possim ficones trahere sursum Ælf. Bata 4. 16. c 11‥ ~ium, tigel WW; ~ium, A. a trays WW.

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