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postare [CL postis+-are] 1 to square or shape (timber to make posts). b (pr. ppl. as sb. m.) one who squares or shapes timber. 1384 in stipendio ‥ carpentariorum ‥ ~ancium et ad cariagium aptancium plures quercus et querculos DL MinAc 507/8228 m. 20; 1384 in stipendio ‥ carpentariorum ‥ meremium ibidem ~ancium et ad cariagium aptancium ‥ et carpentancium scultrees, pyles, et trabes Doc. Leeds 115; 1400 in stipendio ‥ carpentariorum ‥ ~ancium meremium in parco de Roundhay ‥ pro planchour inde habendo Ib. 122; 1419 in expensis iiij carpentariorum ~ancium easdem quercus iij s. iiij d. Fabr. York 38.  b 1337 in stipendiis ‥ ij carpentariorum ‥ illud [maheremium] scapulancium, ~ancium, et auxiliancium predictis v carpentariis Cal. Scot. III 364. 2 to suspend from a post. 1325 in vij lib’ canabi ~andis et filandis pro cordis springaldorum et balistarum ibidem inde faciendis Pipe 170 r. 55d..

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