vertebrum
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Searchable Lemmata: vertebrum (L).
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Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Manufacture;
a spindle-whorl.(circa 1400 - circa 1500 ?)
1. [526] ... Whorlwyl, of a spyndyl [KC: whorwhil; Win: Wharwyl]: Vertebrum ... [529] ... Wyyndyn, of twyne [Win: or twynyn], threde, or other lyke: Torqueo ... Wynynge [?read: wyndynge] or twynynge of threde: Tortura, vel torsura. ...
Wyyndynclothe: Involucrum ....
Lexicon.
[MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 526-529) 1440]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Late Latin variant of Classical Latin vertebra 'joint, spine joint, vertebra' (< the verb vertere 'to turn').
WF: Derivation
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