Meaning of peto | Babel Free

Definitions

1. woodpecker
   masculine
2. money box; poor box
   masculine
3. pocket
   masculine
4. nest egg, savings
   figuratively, masculine
5. Equivalent to 'poor box': A locked box with a slot for depositing coins, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy.

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Examples

“Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.”

Item thrushes and blackbirds, each one one crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and snipes, four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, a crown.

“1288, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, V, nº 43, pages 113-115”

with money of the moneybox and other purses

“iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao”

item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws

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