cuva

cuva [OF cuve < cupa; cf. AS cyf] 1 tub, vat: a (for var. or unspec. uses); b (used in brewing or for ale, wine or sim); c (used in dyeing); d (used as bath-tub); e (used as holy water stoup). a 1212 coram unaquaque domo plena ~a aque adsit, sive lignea sit sive lapidea (Consideratio facta contra Incendium) MGL II 88; 1219 cum persona vel vicarius decesserit, omnia instrumenta sua immobilia remaneant suo successori: j mensa ‥ ; j doleum ‥ ; j ~a [Conc. I 571a: †cana], et major si plures fuerint invente Conc. Syn. 54 (cf. Conc. I 626a: †canna); ~a plena aque, que apposita ibi fuit ad aquam per ‥ rimam instillantem recipiendam G. S. Alb. I 299; 1266 (17c) cum iiij †tunis [? l. cuvis] et iij tynis emptis ExchScot 15; 1285 cupham (v. alveus 1a); 1289 in †cunis ad lardarium religandis Ac. Swinfield 25; 1302 in j ~a emendanda et liganda Ac. Man. Cant. (Milton) ; 1335 sex †cimas [l. cuvas], iij tynas DC S. Paul. p. 100; 1413 pro j pipa empta pro aqua carianda ‥ ; ‥ pro j cupha ad idem opus Rect. Adderbury 7 (cf. ib. 8: pro j cufa, ix d.); ~a, A. a cuve or a vaat ‥, hec †cima, A. kymnelle WW.  b 1156 in tonellis et ~is Pipe 95; 1165 in custamento vini regis et pro †cunis et tonellis Pipe 60; c1250 in bracino ‥ duo portitores ad portandum terciam ~am MonA III 159a; 1266 (17c) in ij †cunys, sc. mascfats, emptis ExchScot 14; 1270 portaverunt inter se unam ~am plenam de gruto SelCCoron 15; 1276 in j doleo et j ~a emptis ad sisseram imponendam Banstead 307; 1321 in bracina est j plumbum bonum, j †cuna magna, j alveus lapideus Ac. Wearmouth 140 (cf. ib.: j †cuna pro farina); 1328 celarium: ‥ iij ~e, precii xij d.; ‥ item j tina, precii iij d. Reg. Exon. 1307–26 app. 568; 1328 in pistrina ‥ x †cune ij tinis MonExon 242a (cf. ib. 242b: ij †cime, precium cujuslibet iiij d.); 1335 in clavis pro diversis in bracino faciendis ‥ ; in j corda ad †cunam Comp. Swith. 231; 1343 in ‥ †cunis, barellis pro cellario Pri. Cold. app. xv.  c c1300 R. tinctor habuit ‥ j ~am magnam pro officio tincture, precii ij s. vj d. RParl I 243; 1359 de qualibet †cima posita ad lanam alienam wadiandam Doc. Bev. 2.  d 1304 in j couva facienda de novo pro domino comite intus balniendo in castro cum circulis emptis, ij s. (Framlingham) MinAc 997/15 (cf. ib.: in couvis et tinis circulandis); 1324 pro iij bordis vocatis righolt’ emptis pro crestis et filett’ ~e †debalniand’ [l. de balniando] faciendis KR Ac 469/6; 1355 ~a balnei (v. 2 clavis 5d).  e c1500 j magna †cuna pro aqua benedicta cum ysopo de argento; j minor †cuna ‥ Fabr. York 218. 2 tub, used as measure: a of ale; cf. cuvata; b of malt dregs; c of butter (Anglesey). a reddebat ‥ j ~am plenam cervisia DB I 269; a1250 oportet communiter accipiendo braciare semel singulis quindenis xvj quar. per mediam summam, sc. x ~as et j quar. (Reg. Swafham) DCPeterb. f. 270v; 1310 braciatrices in Oxonia vendant in ~a lagenam bone cervisie pro j d. et quad. et in doleo pro j d. et ob. Arch. Ox. II 152; 1317 braciatores vendant cervisiam, viz. meliorem lagenam in ~a pro denario et in barello pro j d. et ob. (Andover) Gild Merch. II 312; 1398 collacio ‥ †cune servisie pulsatoribus in exequiis Adelstani regis (Stat. Bev.) MonA VI 1310b.  b 1194 (v. cribrum 2).  c 1294 de x †cunis de butiro (Rent Surv. R 768) Tribal System app. 6; 1351 pro x †cunis butiri (MinAc 1149/1) Ib. app. 47.