jan 1, 1450 - selion
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An individual strip of arable land in the common field of a township. Found as an English word from <i>c</i>.1450 (OED) but much earlier in Latin documents, some undated: <i>a.</i>1272 <i>de dimidia acra terre in Boultona et j selleione</i>, Bolton by Bowland (YRS87/85).
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