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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375, 1504-1546, 1662
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Appil-tre, Apil-tre, n. Also: apill-, apyl-tre, apel-trie. [ME. appel-, appyltre, OE. æpeltréo, ONhb. apoltré.] An apple-tree. c 1320 Reg. Great S. (1814) 18/1.]
[Omnes terras de . . Appiltre twayt a 1327 Reg. Great S. I. 527.]
[Terre de Apiltrieriggis 1504 Treasurer's Accounts II. 422.
Tua dosane apil treis 1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXI. 54.
Frute treys sic as apill treis 1546 Ib. XXII. 155.
Twa bearand apill treis, ane of the gret apill callit apill sinclare 1662 Melrose R. Rec. II. 38.
[To deliver 12 s.] for ane apeltrie
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