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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Kirnel(l, Kyrnel(l, -al(e, v. [ME. kernel, ONF. kerneler.] tr. To provide with crenels or battlements, to crenellate. — c1420 Wynt. ii. 109.
Babylone … Scho … kyrnalyt it perfytly And baytaylyd it rycht propyrly c1420 Ib. v. Prol. 12.
Tyll [Babylon] wes … kyrnelyd [v.rr. kyrnellit, kyrnalett, kirnelit] abowt properyly
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