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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1669-1700+
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Peill, n. [Sc. var. of e.m.E. pill, pil, pylle (Caxton), MDu., MLG. pille, etc.] A pill. (With the second quot. cf. also Pele n.2) — 1669 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 61.
Giveing of salivations by peills and applications of oyntments 1701 Fugitive Poetry II. xlv. 3/63.
But if the peill goes not well over He soon provydes it of a cover … Our lawyers nodles he turns round With hotch-potch peills of empty sound
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