(a) A merchant, tradesman, dealer; (b) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.35]; (c) in cpds.: bak ~, seller of pastries, pies, and the like; corn ~, one who deals in grain [see also corn n. 5. (c)]; flesh ~, a seller of meat; hen ~, poulterer; hei ~, one who sells hay [see hei n. 2. (a)]; her ~, ?one who sells hair; luce ~, one who sells pike [see luce n. (b)]; ale ~, bre ~, buk ~, chese ~, cheverelle ~, cloth ~, doctour ~, fel ~, fether ~, fish ~, flex ~, gar-lek ~, gos ~, hering ~, hors ~, ket ~, lesing(e ~, malt ~, oistre ~, ote ~, pik ~, quest(e ~, sclate ~, smere ~, stok-fish ~, strau ~, supersedeas ~, tail ~, timber ~, wastel ~, wax ~, whel ~, woden ~, wol ~ [see ale 4. (d), bre 1. (c), bukke 3. (a), chese 3. (d), cheverelle, cloth 8. (a), doctour 1. (e), fel n.(1) 3. (b), fether 3. (b), fish 5. (r), flex 2. (d), gar-lek 2. (a), gos 4. (b), hering 1. (c), hors 8. (h), ket (b), lesing(e ger. (2) 5., malt 2. (a), ote, oistre, pik n. (3), queste n.(1), sclate, smere, stokfish, strau, supersedeas, tail, timber n.(1), wastel, wax, whel, wode, wol]; eier monger, gres-mangor, iren-mongere, q.v.