A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1494
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Monceyle, Moncall, n. [OF. moncel (F. monceau), med. L. moncellus, -sellus, etc., L. monticellus.] A heap, pile (of things). —1375 Barb. xi. 601 (E).
That ymyd thaim a monceyle [pr. monteyle; C. ane montane] was Off wapnys that war warpyt thar 1494 Loutfut MS. 22 b.
And [in] the end [the Phoenix] passis til a gud tre and of gud sauuour and makis a moncall quhar he garris the fire tak and sin enteris thairin
