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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1616
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Labial, -el, a. [e.m.E. (1594).] In phonetics: Labial, made with lip closure. — c1616 Hume Orthog. 18.
A labiel symbol can not serve a dental nor a guttural sound; nor a guttural symbol a dental nor a labiel sound c1616 Ib.
A labial letter
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