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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1533, 1621-1640, 1695
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Quadrupill, Quadruple, Quadribill, n. [e.m.E. quadruple (1541), f. as Quadrupill,adj.] A quadruple, an amount or quantity four times another, a fourfold amount. — 1533 Boece 615b.
Howbeit in double and quadribill thai war ma than Scottis 1621 Acts IV 620/2.
That the keipare of the gryite seale exceide not the quadrupill off the previe seale 1640 Dumbarton B. Rec. 63.
Pryce of buittis with leggis and toppis the quadrupill of the schoone 1640 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 149.
The quadruple of the pryce of the inch of the best sort of schoes 1695 Acts IX 453/1.
Through their failȝing, incurring the quadruples appoynted by the said Act by way of penalty
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