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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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APRILE, n. Older and Mod.Sc. form of April. Gen.Sc. [ə′prəil]Sc. 1710 Sir J. Clerk Memoirs (1892) 75:
I fell ill of a great cold in Aprile.Sc. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods, In Sc. iii. i.:
When aince Aprile has fairly come.Sc. 1983 John McDonald in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 46:
Here,
at the crossgates o Aprile,
and eternity it cam owre'm as a splairge
o licht cams owre the watter - skimmerin
wi life - (and him a sodger tae).Kcb. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet ix. 84:
A year past in Aprile.

Comb.: April(e) earand, an errand on which an April fool is sent (Sh., n.Sc., Fif., wm.Sc. 1975). See Eerant, and Gowk, n.¹, 5. (6). Also one sent on such. Sh. 1975:
He made me April erran.Per. 1702 Atholl MSS. (16 April):
We have none [news] as yet which makes their assertions generally credited and the people to talk of Aprile earands.