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they come puttering down as soft as
 

To patter [beat thick] Liquorem pultare quoad in oleum eogatur. ¶ They come puttering down as soft as bail, tam crebri accidunt ad terram quam pyra.

an OCR misread of italicized word, at William Young, comp., A New Latin-English Dictionary : Containing All the Words proper for reading the Classic Writers; with the Authorities subjoined to each Word and Phrase. To which is prefixed, a new English-Latin Dictionary...; Fourth edition, corrected and improved (London, 1774) : link
 

31 January 2025