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fusura

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Searchable Lemmata: fusura (L).
Alternate Forms: Unique.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(vn.) Manufacture; spinning (of yarn).(circa 1450)
1. [585/32] ... Fusura: spynnynge ... [586/8] ... Gaudeo: woode or madur ... [586/31] ... Girgillo: to rele Gloss. (equates to DMLBS WW) [MED Trin-C.LEDict. ((Trin-C O.5.4) 585/32-586/31) circa 1450]
c.f.: spinning
L.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Cf. L fusus, ~um (a mill-spindle). Also cf. Classical/Medieval L fusura (metal casting; spillage from such a process).
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog:
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