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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mental(l, -ale, a. [Late ME. (c 1425) and e.m.E., F. mental, late L. mentālis.] Of the mind; in the mind. Mental (message), a memorised. not a written, one. —1456 Hay II. 125/22.
Fra all vexacioun corporale and mentale c 1616 Misc. Spald. C. II. lix; 1681 Rothesay B. Rec. 387.
He hes made and subscrivit truely and with ane honest heart butt any equivocatione, mentall reservatione or subterfuge qwhatsoever 1682 Lauder's Observes App. iv. 308. 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 279.
A gentleman with letters and a mentall message arrived at Lovat
