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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1597-1627
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Retail, Rateil, v. [ME and e.m.E. retaile(n, to sell (1365), to recount (1594), f. retail n.] tr. a. ? To circulate (coin). b. To sell (goods) in small quantities. —a. 1597 Lanark B. Rec. 112.
Anent this mater of the adulterat money …, the fordest that [we can] find to have bene on thair part is that thai rateillit the samin and pat owt a part thairaf —b. 1627 Dumbarton B. Rec. 14.
All quha retaillis boittis of daills, and salt [etc.]
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