radius
.
Searchable Lemmata: radius (L).
Alternate Forms: radio, radium, radii, radiis.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Textile;
in textile contexts: a stripe or line (as part of a pattern); also, 'ray', a kind of striped cloth. Cf. radiatus, ray. Also cf. rella.(ante 1300 - 1300)
1. j pannus de serico radiatus minutis radiis variis ... j pannus de serico cum latis radiis croceis et rubeis, indis et viol'
Accounts.
[DMLBS Chanc. Misc. (3/4) 1235]
2. pro ix ulnis radii Parisiensis pro roba estiva, corsetto et clochia pro eodem [Edmundo]
Accounts.
[DMLBS Manners (25) 1265]
3. virgultum : unverger / stamina : werp, esteyms ... tramas : roes / radio : lé rays de [s]leybred / panulos : brochis / mateaxas : ceren[c]es, hechilis / calathos : paners / quaxilla : petiz paners / pensis : pinelis de fusils.
[AND TLL (2,60,17-20)]
4. tunica cum bestiis et arboribus aureis desuper consuetis (cf. ib. 60: alba consueta et brudata de diversis scutis) ... par unum [sc. dalmatica et tunica] de albo panno ... cum quatuor radiis de aurifugiis ante et quatuor retro
Accounts.
[DMLBS Invent. Ch. Ch. (57) circa 1315]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.)
Manufacture;
weaving tool; possibly a shuttle. See discussion at hrisel.(ante 800 - post 1200)
1. Tela pro longitudine staminum dicta, cuius dirivativum est telaria. Insubuli, quia infra et supra sunt, vel quia insubulantur. Radii dicti quia radendo fiunt. Pectines, quod pexa fila reddant et inpremant.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,29,1)]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical L.
WF:
Etym Cog: ray.
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