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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1542
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Bool, n. [? For bovl Boull n.1 2.] ? A cannon ball. — 1542 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 184.
To . . mend the artillery and to make carttis, boolis, vagis, and all vder necessaris 1542 Ib. 185.
To be maisteris of the artillierie, to provyd boolis, slottis, and all vder munitionis requirit thairto
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