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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chapter, Cha(i)ptour, n.¹ Also: chapteyr, -ur(e, -eur, chaiptur. [e.m.E. chapter, reduced form of Chapiter, n.¹ See also Cheptour n.¹] A chapter in a book.(a) c1420 Wynt. viii. Rubric.
The proloug of the auchtande buk In to this chapter now yhe luk Ib. i. x. (C) .
In this chapteyr folowande 1456 Hay I. 1/18.
The process of the said buke and of every chapter specialy(b) c1520-c1535 Nisbet I. 20.
The ij chapture Ib. 22.
The threde chaptur c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. title page.
In the fyftene chaptour of the euangell of Jhone 1581 Cath. Tr. 165/12.
In the tuentie tua buke of the Citie of God, in the aucht chapteur(c) 1533 Gau 33/4.
Baruch sais in his iii chaiptur Ib. 7.
It is writine in the xv chaiptur of Exodi 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 189.
Quhair it is prouidit be the ackis of parliament … in the xxxix chaiptour Ib. 190.
In preiudice of the said chaptour