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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1672
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(Possibill,) Possibell, adj.2 [Var. of e.m.E. passable, late ME passyble (1413): see also Passable adj.] Capable of being passed over or traversed. — 1672 Edinb. B. Rec. X 135.
For convoyeing the watter and making the way [between the abbey and Leith] possibell and in the meane tyme to lay some ruds of calsay [etc.]
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