purpresture (iou) and platysma (iou)

purpresture (iou)

purpresture noun. ME.
[Old French purpresture, por- alt. of porpresure, from porprendre occupy, usurp, enclose, from pur-, por- PUR- + prendre take, seize from Latin praehendere.]
Law.
An illegal enclosure of or encroachment on the land or property of another or (now only) of the public. ME.
Hist. A payment or rent due to a feudal superior for permission to enclose or build on land. LME.

platysma (iou)

platysma noun. . L17.
[mod. Latin, from Greek platusma flat piece, plate, from platunein widen, from platus broad, flat.]
Anatomy. A thin broad layer of muscle fibres extending from the collar-bone to the angle of the jaw.

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