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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1641-1661
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Mule, n.6 [Var. of Muld(e n.2 with -ld > -l: cf. Moul(l n.1] Mould, pattern, form, make; also fig. = Muld(e n.2 3. — 1641 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 189.
Depones thair was plets bot knowes nather the number nor mule 1661 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 14.
[Four guns, one weighing 1535 lbs. or thereby … and the fourth] of that same mule without weight mark —fig. 1655 Baillie III. 289.
[The Parliament] flew so high, as to mind nothing but a Fifth Monarchie on earth … and put all in a new mule of their owne
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