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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1598
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Tera alba, n. (Med. L. terra alba (1297, in Latham) ? gypsum, 19th c. Eng. terra alba (1871) pipe clay.) — 1598 Edinburgh Testaments XXXI 351.
Ane pund of tera alba price xxiiij s.
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