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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1496-1498
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Copill, n. [Prob. MDu. coppel leash, band, etc.] A certain quantity of cloth. — 1496 Halyb. 8.
A stek wellus, … ij copill of fustian 1498 Ib. 74.
A copill of bough 1498 Ib. 110.
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