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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Adminicle, n. [e.m.E. (c 1550), L. adminiculum. Chiefly Sc.] An auxiliary or corroborative fact or proof. 1592 Acts III. 569/2.
That the tryall … sall nocht be ressauit without verie greit adminicles 1600 Haddington Corr. 208.
The … breifs fund vpon him, and vther adminicles 1663 Decis. Lords G. 49.
The seasine was given by father to the son only propriis manibus, without an adminicle, though confirmed by the Marques
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