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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Hustal(l, Hostale, -aile, Haustall, n. [Erroneous: repr. OF. fustaille a large tun or cask as fitted in a vessel engaged in the wine trade to receive wines for transportation, in the corresponding passages in various versions of the OF. Laws of Oléron.]— c1420 Bute MS. fol. 172.
The maystyr and the schypmen has stowyt thair wynys as thai aw to do. .[but] the marchandis sais at thair hustal [Harl. MS. the hostalis] has sondryt thair wynys,. . gyf the maystyr [etc.] wyl swere that thair wynys war nocht sondryt thrw thair hustal [Harl. MS. throu hostaile, Adv. MS. thru thar haustall], etc.
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