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Inequall, -ale, -aill, a. Also: inæqual(l. [ME. (Chaucer), e.m.E. (1539). L. inequālis.] Unequal. — 1513 Doug. xii. iii. 80.
I se that ȝong man haste … .To mach in feild with fatis inequaill 1533 Bell. Livy II. 174/11.
The largitioun … was oure prodigall, inequall, and fuliche a1586 Lindsay MS. 77.
Inequale to vther and not lyke 1588 King Cat. I. iii.
Seing the præcise reconing of his [sc. the sun's] inæqual or trew motion do varie euery ȝere 1665 Lauder Journal 6.
I … asserted that the broad was wery inæquall
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