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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Butlas, But(e)les, a. [ME. botles, boteles, OE. bótléas.] Incapable of remedy or aid. a1400 Leg. S. xxiv. 460.
Ful butlas bale thu has me dycht Ib. xxix. 300.
He … dide his payne … To bring him to butlas bale c1475 Wall. vi. 209.
This is a butlas [v.r. buteles] payne Ib. xi. 172.
Butles to ground he smat him
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