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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Parole, -oll, v. [Cf. mod. Eng. parole intr. to pledge one's word (1716), tr. to liberate on parole (1863). See also Parlying vbl. n.] a. tr. To pledge one's word (that something will be done). b. intr. ? To pledge healths, drink toasts. —a. 1680 Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 55.
The general said he would parole to me that the indwellers of the house should be advertised —b. 1673 Fugitive Poetry II. xxxiii. 3/46.
When we paroll And drink a scoll

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