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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scail,) Scaill, n.1 [Scail v., or ME skaile (once in Cursor M., 14th c.).] A dispersal or scattering; a separation. — 1625 in Laing Hist. Scot. (1904) III i 8.
There would be a scaill among our counsellors and the sessioners 1652 Aberd. Council Lett. III 212.
That they sall mak a scaill of thair counsell upone ther ellectioun day
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