Obs. [f. WARP sb. + FAT sb.1] ? = warping-fat, -trough (WARPING vbl. sb. 10 c).

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  The OE. word glosses calathus, which should mean either ‘basket’ generally (cf. ‘Vimen, wearp,’ Corpus Glossary) or ‘basket for thread.’ The rendering alueolus in the Cath. Angl. app. means a trough.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 152/21. Calathus, wearpfæt.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 409/1. A Warpe fatte, alueolus.

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