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Quotation dates: 1649
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(Scaffald,) Scaffold, v. [e.m.E. scaffold to furnish with a platform or the like (a1548), in this sense (a1662).] tr. To furnish (a building) with scaffolding. — 1649 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 209.
Appoyntis Johne Scott master wright to scaffold the kirk at the Trone
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