† Terling

Obs. rare. [a. MLG. terlink (Schiller & Lubben), name of a pack (app. of cloth) of a definite size or quantity, dim. of tere, name of a pack or bale twice the size. Derivation uncertain. It is not clear whether the Du. teerling (Kilian, teerlinck) ‘cube, die,’ is connected. The quots. refer to rates at Antwerp.]

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a. 1500. in Arnolde’s Chron. (1811), 197. Item for a grete packe, the tolle ij s. g^t. Item for a myddel packe, the tolle xviii gret. Item for a terlyng, the tolle xij. g^t. Item for a fardel, the tolle vi g^t. Ibid., Item for a terling in y^e krane iiij. g^t.

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