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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1588
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Intervall, n. [ME. intervalle (1489), e.m.E. interval (1656), L. intervallum.] An interval. a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xlviii. 72.
With yvoire nek & pomellis round, & comlie intervall
By intervalles, alternately. 1588 King Catechism I. iij.
That ... the cowrse of the moone may haiff by interualles now 29 now 30 dayes
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