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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1573-1676
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Quadrupill, -le, -rouple, Quadripill, Quadrapull, adj. [e.m.E. quadruple, quadriple (1557), F. quadruple, L. quadruplus: cf. Quatribill adj.] Quadruple, fourfold. Variously const. — 1573 Grey Friars II 152.
Quhairthrow the said Robert not only maid quadripill payment of his saidis firmes … bot alsua [etc.] 1612 Reg. Privy C. IX 512.
Thay tak ane ladle full of victuall, quhilk wilbe quadruple the availl of aucht pennyis 1614–15 Dumbarton Common Gd. Acc. 1.
The quadrupill of that yeir's few dewtie c1650 Spalding II 137.
The King of Denmark had raisit his customes quadrapull to whiche wes payit befoir 1676 Rec. Convention of Royal 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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