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wealcere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wealcere, es; m.
A walker (v. E. D. S. Pub. Lancashire Gloss. s. v. walk-mill), a fuller
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  • Wealceres

    fullones (- is

    ?),
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 3.
Etymology
[Fullere or walkere of cloth, Wick. Mk. 9, 3. A walker hic fullo, Wrt. Voc. i. 212, col. 2 (cf. walkyng lanugo, 238, col. 1. To walke clothe fullare, Cath. Angl. 406, where see note. Cloth ytouked (v. l. ywalked), Piers P. 15, 447). O. H. Ger. walchare coagitator, compressor: Ger. walker a fuller; walken to full.]
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