placium

1 placium [ML] 1 (in gl.) fibre of flax, hemp, or jute (esp. shorter, inferior fibre of flax or hemp) prepared for spinning, tow. videbamus lanam et linum, biscum, canabium, fibrum, sericum, ~ium [gl.: estupe, a placeo, -es, quia minime placet] Balsh. Ut. 52. 2 (in gl., understood as) shred or clout of silk. stuppa, æcumbe. tomentum, hnygela. platum [? l.placium], seolce hnygele Ælf. Gl. 152.

2 placium v. platea