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Quotation dates: 1610
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(Pece-,) Peecemale, quasi-n. [e.m.E. and ME. pece mele (1297), peece-, piecemeale (16th c.), adv. piece by piece, also quasi-noun in by or in piecemeal and by or in(to) piecemeals id., f. Pece n. and -mele f. OE. mǽl a fixed time, etc., as in OE. stycce-mǽlum piecemeal.] At peece-male, piece by piece, a little at a time. — 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 171.
He choosit rather to blame … my father albeit tacite in hidlings & at peece-male
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