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xvii Glossary Dobelstin: textiles, woven with a pattern of dice. Dufel/duffel: a coarse or thick woolen cloth. Ell: a standard Dutch linear measurement, used primarily for measuring cloth. Roughly equivalent to 68 centimeters, or 27 inches. Eysersterck: here probably also eysen. A type of fabric with slightly elevated figures. Also called hakkebak in Dutch. f: abbreviation of florijn, another word for guilder; see also there. Floret: silk ribbon. Gall: abbreviation of gallon. Gemp: also gemt. A fabric often used to hem the edges of a blanket , for decoration and reinforcement. Guilder: Dutch monetary unit, consisting of 20 stivers. Hend: also hendr. Abbreviated form of common first name in Dutch, Hendrik/Hendrick. Kan: Dutch liquid measure, equivalent to one quart. Kno: here also know; canoe. Lap: literally, a “cutting” or “remnant piece.” The trader used this term predominantly to describe textiles. Where this is obviously intended, it has been translated as a “piece [of fabric].” In the single case where it refers to a pelt, the Dutch word has been maintained. Precise information on the size of a lap of peltry is not available. lb: pound. xviii | Glossa r y Muts: also mus; liquid measure, 2.15 oz. Diminutive forms include mutsie and musi(e). Penneston: here also pinneston; a type of woolen cloth, named after the place in England where it was produced. Piece [of fabric]: see lap. Oosburgh: Osnaburg; a kind of coarse, heavy cloth. Named after the place in Germany where it was produced: Osnabrück. pt: abbreviation of pint. qt: abbreviation of quart. sch: abbreviation of schepel; a dry measure, equivalent to 0.764 English bushels. ...

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