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netorium

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Searchable Lemmata: netorium (L).
Alternate Forms: nitorium.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Manufacture; a spindle.(ante 1100)
1. Nitorium : spinil. [DOE CorpGl 2 (Hessels) (5288 (12.108))]
2. Nitorium : inspin. [DOE BrGl 1 (Wright-Wülcker) (0308 (5.7))]
L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, post-Classical Latin formation, cf. nere 'to spin'; influenced by netus 'thread' (literally 'that which is spun').
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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