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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tropheal(l, adj. [f. as Trophe(e n. Cf. 17th c. Eng. trophæall (1646), trophæal (1660).] Pertaining to a victory memorial, as in sense 1 of Trophe(e n. — 1513 Doug. xi viii 24.
Quhen thou takynnyt hes so worthely With syng tropheall [Ruddim. tropheal] the feildis, as haue I
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