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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1652-1653
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Scalier, n. [F. escalier.] A staircase. — 1652 Urquhart Jewel in Tracts (1774) iv 80.
A private passage which led them to a lanterne scalier 1653 Id. Rabelais i liii.
A wonderful scalier or winding staire
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