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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1556-1613
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(Pele,) Peill, Peyll, a. [f. Pele v.1 5: cf. Pele n.3 and Pelit ppl. a. 2.] Of fish: Not treated and thereafter packed in the approved fashion. = Pelit ppl. a. 2. 1556 Crail B. Ct. MS. 23 Nov.
For iiij last of berrell guid & ane half, iiij thowsand peyll fesche and ane half 1560 Admir. Ct. Bk. 179.
Threscoir ten thousand fische sic as peill killing, thre pyppis of fische ule 1576 Exchequer Rolls XX. 248.
13½ lasts cod called packit fische … 47900 cod called peill fische 1576 Crail B. Ct. MS. 16 Sept.
Thre lastis guid and sufficient heryng merchant wair full pakit and Flemysse bynd withowt ony peill heryng 1577 Reg. Privy C. II. 657.
Peill 1591 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 44.
[To have one penny for every dozen dry fish and] peill [fish] 1609 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 284. 1613 Brechin Testaments II. 274.
Tua barrell of salt fisches togidder with four hundreth peill fisches
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