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Westvale (1385), a variety of cloth of Westphalian origin, one of the articles brought in
by the Hansa from Westphalia; ad. MLG. Westvale, Westval, Westphalian.
A term for a measure used in the Hansa trade is Shock (1391 in the non-Eng. context
of E. Derby's Exped.; 1583 in an Eng. context), a lot of 60 pieces, used in relation to
certain articles of merchandise originally imported from abroad; ad. MLG. schock (Du.
schok).
Tear, adj. and sb. (c. 1400), is a traders' term descriptive of their wares, fine, delicate,
of the best quality, especially used in connexion with hemp or flour; apparently from
Low Dutch, which has the following forms, M.Du., M.Flem., MLG., and LG. teer, têr,
contracted from teeder, têder, fine, thin, delicate, tender.
Terms of the northern fur trade are: Timber (in L. context as early as a. 1150 in
Scotland and 1290 in England, and in Eng. context first in 1473-4), a definite quantity
of furs, a package containing 40 skins of ermine, sable, marten, and the like; found in
MLG. as timber (13th century), timmer, and occurring earlier in med.L. as timbrum,
timbria (1207, Du Cange, at Rouen); it is supposed to be ultimately a special use of
timber, wood, perhaps because the furs were pac