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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1559
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Elementar, -air, a. [ME. elementare (c 1440), F. élémentaire, L. elementārius.] Elementary. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. viii.
Thir four bodyis elementar 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 47/21.
The fyrst part [of the world] is the regione elementair — 1559 Reg. Privy S. MS. XXX. 5 b.
Ane schort introductioun elementar
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