(a) Eel [prob. only OF & AL]; (b) an endoparasitic 'worm'. …

(a) The 'art' or 'science' of measuring and calculating, being one of the four disciplines comprised in the quadrivium (along with geometry, astronomy, and music); (b) a treatise on this 'science'. …

Law (a) To distrain or bind (sb.) to appear in court; attachen bodi, distrain (someone's) person; attachen bi borwes; (b) to take into custody, arrest (sb.), take prisoner; (c) to sequester or attach……

A service owed by the tenant to his feudal superior [orig. consisting of work performed by the tenant with his draft animals]. …

(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure. …

An enclosure, pen. …

The European bittern Botaurus stellaris. …

Land held by a cottager under the feudal system; ?land held by the lord of the manor to produce food for his table [Bracton]. …

(a) Sheepskin (as distinct from lambskin), budge, ?trimmed sheepskin; bouge skin; (b) bouge rowe, Furriers' Row; bouge shank, fur from the shank of a sheep. …

(a) Real estate held directly from the king or a lord, usually with no feudal obligation other than a fixed annual rent in money; a house or land lying within a borough; burgage lond; (b) the tenure……

(a) A piece of paper or parchment containing writing; a written document, letter, etc.; (b) a brief document attached to a roll or enclosed in a letter, and usually containing a list of names or bill……

Law The practice of aiding a litigant for a share of the matter in dispute, champerty. …

Straw, stubble. …

A toll paid to the forester for entering or passing through a forest. [See Neilson Cust.Rents in OSSLH 2 143.] …

The office of the collector (at Calais). …

(a) A curved or arched piece of timber; (b) a hump. …

The sword of King Edward the Confessor, a blunted sword borne before the King of England at his coronation. …

(a) A customs official, collector of customs; (b) a tradesman liable for the payment of a tax. …

A tub or vat. …

A dagger. …