A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1597-1598
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(Mesure-,) Measur(e)ly, -lie, adv. [Late north. ME. mesureli, -ly (c 1400–a 1460), f. Mesure n. 6.] Moderately, in moderation. = Mesurably. —a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 252.
Eat measurelie [1706, measurly] and defye the mediciners
