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primstaff
† primstaff Obs. Also 9 primestaff; pl. 7– primstaves. [Sw. primstaf, Norw. and Da. primstav, Icel. pr{iacu}mstafr (in text of c 1200), f. pr{iacu}m prime n.1 + staf-r stave, letter.] The Icelandic and Scandinavian name of a clog almanack. (Partly in Eng. form in Evelyn and Plot, and in mod. Dicts.,... Oxford English Dictionary
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rimestock
ˈrimestock rare. Also 7–8 rimstock (7 -stoc), 9 rimstoke. [ad. Norw. rimstok, = rimstaf, primstaf: see primstaff.] A clog-almanac.1662 Evelyn Chalcogr. (1769) 38 Danes and Norwegians had..their runic writings, or engraven letters, as in their rimstoc or primstaff. 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 423 These Sym... Oxford English Dictionary
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