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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pilule, attrib. [e.m.E. pillule (1543), F. pilule, L. pilula.] A (small) pill. —1575 Edinb. Test. III. 319 b.
Ipothecar … in his buith … xxiij pilule buistis
