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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1570-1599
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Cammamyld, -myle, n. Also: cammamild, -myll; camomylde. [ME. camamyle, camomylle, etc., OF. cama-, camomille, L. chamomilla.] Camomile. 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 116.
In battill gyrs burgionys the banwert wild, The clavyr, catcluke, & the cammamyld 1570 Satirical Poems xv. 11.
Thow camomylde, ȝe balme and mint, Ȝour fragrant odouris laif 1587-99 Hume vii. 26.
Let all the streets, … Be strowd … with thime, and cammamild 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 311.
vij pund oyll cammamyll at ix s. the pund 1597 Criminal Trials II. 27.
Brwme and cammamyle 1598 Edinburgh Testaments XXXI. 350 b.
Oyle rose, oyle mastick, and oyle cammamyle
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