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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1572, 1633-1648
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Monthli(e, Monthelé, adv. [e.m.E. monthely (1533–4).] Monthly. = Monethly. — 1572 Criminal Trials I. ii. 33.
Thair treasonabill deidis committit monthele and continewale 1633 Sc. Ant. I. 93.
Monthli 1648 Scottish Notes and Queries i Ser. XII. 74.
And that thrie shall gather monthlie
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