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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1523, 1579-1588
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Estaple, Esta(i)pill, n. [OF. estaple.] A mercantile staple. —1523 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXXIII. 135.
That the estapill of merchandis suld be affixt in Flandris as wes wount to be 1523 Ib.
To trete the said estaple in the Fere or Myddilburgh 1579 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 82.
The commissioneris … continewis the resonyng vpoun the placing of thair estaipill in Flanderis 1588 Ib. 276.
The estaiblisching of thair estaipill thairatt
