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Quotation dates: 1498-1508, 1569-1586
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Batal(e) ax, n. Also: batell ax, battell axe, aix. [ME. batelax (1437). e.m.E. batell axe.] A battle-axe. 1498 Treasurer's Accounts I. 387.
To ane man that brocht tua batale axes to the King 1501 Ib. II. 111.
For ane batale ax maid of Lochabir fasoun 1508 Ib. IV. 122.
For tua broggis of steil for batal axes a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lxii. 37 (= battar ax; c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiv. 37).
With … lytill effect with speir and batell ax a1578 Pitsc. I. 232/7.
To fight witht the battell axe a1578 Ib. 243/23.
The best fechtar with the battellaix
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