Middle English Dictionary Entry
parǧeting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | parǧeting(e ger. Also parchetting. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Plastering, daubing; ornamental plastering; (b) as noun: a plastered surface.
Associated quotations
a
- (1396) *Compotus Will.Chert custodis coll.Cantuar.Oxon. [OD col.]33 : Item, pro carecta calcis pro parchetting vj s. viij d.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ecclus.22.23 : As ournyng, ether pargetyng, ful of grauel in a cleer wal, so and a ferdful herte in the thouȝt of a fool schal not drede in ony tyme.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)384 : Pargettynge [Win.: Pargetynge] (or spargettynge of wallis, infra.): Gipsacio.
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7117 : Rychard scharpe iii dayys..for pargettyng & takyng down of ye wall, iii s.
- (1450) Doc.Durham in Sur.Soc.9p.cccxxv : Johanni Bevis pro pargettyng et blanchyng, v s.
- (1456-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99241 : Pro le floryng, dalbyng, factura de lez entercloswallez, et le parchettyng, ultra 20 d.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1422 : Item, lather for pargetyng seynt John is Ilde, viij d.
- (1485-86) Acc.Ashburton in D&CRS n.s.158 : For pargettyng of the churche walle, 15d.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ezek.13.12 : Where is the pargetyng [WB(1): dawbynge; L litura], which ȝe pargetiden?