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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pistol(l, n.2 Also: pistul; pestole. (e.m.E. pistole (1592), -ol(l, a name formerly applied to certain foreign gold coins; sometimes synonymous with Pistolet n.2; F. pistole the coin (c 1620 in OED.).) — 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 41 b.
I haue to take ine pestole xvi ryellis half
Ib. 74 a.
ii sengell pestole
Ib. 75 b.
I tak the doubell pestoles for vi frankis xvi s. and tha geueine Bordes bot twa sous
1612 Douglas Corr. 248.
Pistullis
1648 Misc. Maitl. C. II. 460.
Armes and amunition … amounting to the valew of ten thousand pistols
1676 Conv. Burghs III. 667.
For forraigne peices of gold, viz., the quadrouple Spainish pistoll, wieing fourteen drap, to pas at fourtie tuo punds Scotts; and the half and quarter pistoll propportionallie

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