† formell 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 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 80 Lead..By the Ordinance abovesaid, 1 Load 30 Formells..So was the Formel 70 Pounds, a Weight now grown obsolete. |