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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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Cordiall, a. [ME. cordialle (c 1400), OF. cordial, L. cordiālis.] Belonging to the heart; cardiac. — 1533 Boece xi. iv. 408 b.
[The] spirit … passing fra the harte (quhilk be puls of the cordiall vane [L. cordialis venæ] was deprehendit)
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