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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1560-1570
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Clerk-maill, -male, n. [Clerk n. 1.] A due paid to a parish-clerk. — 1560 Buke of Discipline 222.
Thir teyndis and uthairis exactionis, to be clene discharged, … as, the uppermost claith, the corps-present, the clerk-maill, the Pasche offeringis 1570 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 267.
The dewitie callit the clerk male, quhilk in tyme of papistrie wes gevin to the perroch clerk
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