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Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Stelar, Steil(l)ar, n.2 [Stele n.] Nonce usage, a member of the tailor's trade, appar. one who inserts steel into stomachers. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) xxvii 11.
The tailȝeour … Convoyit wes vnto the feild With mony lymmar loun, Off seme byttaris and beist knapparis, Off stomok steillaris [A. stelar, M. steilaris] and clayth takkaris A graceles garisoun
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