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† ˈtosard Obs.
Some kind of fire-wood, or a form in which it was sold in 14th to 16th c.
1336in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1866) II. 396 (Farley, Surrey) Tosards 1250 at 2/- [Ibid. 393 note, Tosards..are sold by the hundred]. 1339Ibid., Tosards 50 at 2/-. 1341Ibid., Tosards 1000 at 2/-. 1429Ibid. III. 257 (Charles & Rowhill) Tosards 15c at 2/-. 1550in Strype Stow's Surv. (1755) II. v. xxii. 422/2 If any Freeman of this City use to resort into the Countries near to this City, and there to ingross and buy up much Billet, tall Wood, Faggot, Tosard, or other Fire-wood. |