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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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Piacle, n. [OF. piacle, L. piāculum. Cf. e.m.E. pinacle (Caxton, after F. pinacles, sic in original), also 17th c. Eng. piacle = guilt (1619), crime (1644), expiation (1654).] Expiation; expiatory offering. —1533 Bell. Livy I. 194/11.
We … mycht nocht haue purgit ws thareof bot alanerlie be the sacrifice of piacle

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