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mitchel ? Obs.|ˈmɪtʃəl|
[Possibly from the surname Mitchel; it can hardly represent the obsolete southern mitchel = mickle a.]
(See quots.)
1669in Dict. Archit. (Arch. Publ. Soc.) s.v., For paving the upper pawne with Mitchells per foote 8d. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 202 Mitchels, Purbeck-stones for Paving, pick'd all of a Size, from 15 inches square to 2 Foot. 1737Salmon Country Build. Estim. (ed. 2) 3 Purbeck Paving at promiscuous Sizes..is about 7d. or 8d. per Foot; also Mitchels are valued at about 1s. 10d. per Foot. 1842Gwilt Archit., Mitchel, a name given by workmen to Purbeck stones of twenty-four by fifteen inches when squared for building. [Perh. an error: cf. quot. 1703.] |