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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Battail, Battell, v. Also: battale, batail(l, baytayl, batol(l. [ME. bataile, ba(y)tayle (14th c.), OF. bataillier, f. bataille battlement.] tr. To furnish with battlements. 1375 Barb. ii. 221.
Perth … then wes wallyt all about With feile towris, rycht hey battaillyt Ib. iv. 134.
The wall, That at that tym wes battalit [E. bataillit] all Within c1420 Wynt. ii. 110.
Scho … kyrnalyt it perfytly, And baytaylyd [C. batellit] it rycht propyrly a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 43.
Ane cieté thai se. … Bigly batollit about with wallis sa he 1513 Doug. vii. x. 71.
Antemne, with … weirly wallis battellit about c 1563 Reg. Panmure I. p. cxliii.
The heale circuit [= wall] battellit bothe withine and withowt 1581 Lanark B. Rec. 82.
To gar hing the Hettoune port and battell the Wellgait