Middle English Dictionary Entry
ascel-wọ̄d n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ascel-wọ̄d n. Also hascel-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of wood used in burning lime.
Associated quotations
- (1405) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3534 : Et in m. ascelwod empto de Johanne Lemyng, 21s. 6d.
- (1418-9) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3537 : In mc ascelwod emptis..28s.10d.
- (1432-3) Will York in Sur.Soc.3023 : Ricardo Gunnas..dimidium chaldre carbonum marinorum, di. hascelwodd.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.70 : [In the well-equipped granary--a] skep, [4 d., a] heire, [3 s. 4 d., half a hundred of] hastelwod, [15 d.].
Note: Supplemental material
Note: This word, rather than hasel-wod--per SMK