See Also: materfamilias(dictionary)
assart(medicine)
assart(1)(dictionary)
assart(2)(dictionary)

assart(2) (iou) and materfamilias (iou)


assart(2) (iou)



assart verb trans. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
[Anglo-Norman assarter, -ier, -ir, Old French essarter from medieval Latin ex(s)artare, from EX-1 + sart- pa. ppl stem of sar(r)ire to hoe, weed: cf. ESSART verb.]
Law. Make (forest land) arable by grubbing up trees and bushes.

materfamilias (iou)



materfamilias noun. M18.
[Latin, from MATER + familias old genit. of familia FAMILY.]
The female head of a family or household.