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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1606-1614
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(Plan-,) Plainscheill-naill, n. Also: plainchell-. [Var. of Plansc(h)our-nail(l, Plancheoun-naill: cf. late ME. plantel (1412), var. of plancher Planschour n., and Plenschell naill n.] — 1606 Edinburgh Testaments XLI. 82.
Ten stane wecht of maid plainscheill naillis at xxxij s. the stane 1614 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 348.
For vic plainchell naillis iii lib.
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