Middle English Dictionary Entry
glǒt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | glǒt n. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. clǒut-nail, glǒut-, under clǒut n.(1) 2. (b). Also cp. MnE glut a wedge. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of large nail or spike; gros (middel) ~, the largest (the middle-sized) nail of this kind.
Associated quotations
- (1345-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1143 : Item in MMMM clauis emptis pro eadem naui vocatis Glot..Item..iij Mill. clauis emptis vocatis Midelglot'.
- (1347-50) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1143 : En xxij M de grosse spykyng nomee Glot'.
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1144 : De gros-glot'..de Middelglot'..clauis de gross' glot'..clauis vocatis Middelglot'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/1 dorso [OD col.] : Computat in..v Ml. dccc tinnednaill', ccxlij Mill. cc tynclenaill', Ml. d gropenaill', dccc Gloutnaill', c de Weldenaill' et [24400] tilatnaill' emptis.
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