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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1618-1622, 1673-1698
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Call, n.2 Also: kall. (Origin and meaning obscure.) — 1618 Edinburgh Testaments L. 213 b.
Tua callis and tua chissellis 1622 Master of Works Accounts XVI. 7.
For ane furneished hand & snek with ane call to the new turnepyk ȝet besyd the well 1673 Foulis Acc. Bk. 14.
For a silver seall picktooth and a kall and other conceits 1698 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX. 295.
Ane silver picktoath with call and seall
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