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Quotation dates: 1611-1612
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Scley, n. [? Conflation of Se n.1 and Clay n., see Se n.1 16 (2), e.m.E. see clay (1531) sea-clay. But perhaps merely altered var. of Clay n.] — 1611 Master of Works Accounts I 335.
For fyve lead of scley for the ewne 1612 Ib. 325.
And ane schemley of scley … to be takin downe
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