A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Asephale, a. [F. acéphale, pl. -ales, late L. acephalus.] Acephalous; without a head. —1549 Compl. 167/33.
There is ane vthir sort of veyris callit battellis asephales
