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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1531
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Logicall, -ale, adj. [Med. L. logicalis, 16th c. F. and e.m.E. logical.] Of or pertaining to logic as one of the seven ‘liberal arts’. — 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 215 b.
Logicale c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxv. 9.
The curious probatioun logicall, The eloquence of ornat rethorie [etc.] 1531 Vaus (1531) Sig. gg iii.
Quhat adiectiuis gouernis the datiue cais: first adiectiuis betaiknand dammage ... hapnand to ony thinge, ... secundly relatiuis logicale as amicus, vicinus, propinquus, similis, par, communis
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