Obs. [ad. Anglo-Lat. formella (substituted, perh. by mistake, for FOTMAL in one version of the Assisa de Ponderibus), a dim. of forma FORM, in the sense of ‘mould’; cf. formella a cheese (Du Cange).] = FOTMAL.
1674. Jeake, Arith. (1696), 80. Lead.… By the Ordinance abovesaid, 1 Load 30 Formells…. So was the Formel then 70 Pounds, a Weight now grown obsolete.
