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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cedule, Cedul(l, n. [ME. cedule (c 1420), cedul(l, OF. cedule, late L. scedula. Cf. Sedule.] A schedule or list; a document or bill.14.. Acts I. 344/2.
Thai salbe chargit to gare put thaim in cedule a1500 Henr. III. 117/69.
Off the cedullis the suthe [quhen] I had sene a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 48.
Kennedy to thé this cedull sendis c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 106.
Considder well this bill, And reid this cedull that I send ȝow 1541 Hamilton P. I. 67.
Ane certane personis … rebellis and tratouris, quhais names wer contenit in ane cedull inclosit in youre saidis writingis a1605 Montg. Misc. P. iii. 67.
Had Cæsar sene the cedul that wes sent, Ȝe wat he had not with the wicked went
