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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pul(l)aile, n. [ME polyle (14th c.), polaile (Hoccleve), pullaille (c1400), polayl (c1430), e.m.E. poleyl, pullaile (Caxton), pullayle (a1483), OF polaille (13th c. in Godef.), poulaille (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.). In e.m.E. appar. not found after 1527.] Poultry. — 1375 Barb. xi 126 (E).
Aucht scor [carts], chargyt with pulaile [: wittaile; C. fewale] a1708 Prince of Tartaria his Voyage to Cowper in Fife 3.
Bisks and olios of the choisest pullaile
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