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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1691
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(Ȝeal,) Yeal, Yell, n. [e.m.E. yel (1596). Also in the later dial.] = Ale n., ale. —1691 Hawick Arch. Soc. (1905) 13/2.
For 3 chapin of yeal, 3 s. … a quart of yeal … a quart of yell