† medkniche local. Obs. rare—1.
[f. med (? meed n., or mead2) + knitch.]
(Explained in the context as the quantity of hay to be given in reward to the hayward, being as much as he could lift with his middle finger as high as his knee.)
| 1235–52 Rentalia Glaston. (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 85 Et die quando levat Langhemede, debet habere medkniche. |