A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1571
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(Propell,) Propal(l, v. [e.m.E. and ME propelle to drive away (c 1440), to cause to move onwards (1658), L. propellere to drive or urge forward.] tr. ? To move forward (an enterprise); to urge on. —1571 Lanark B. Rec. 62.
And gef in their offeris in writ how … the toun may … haif the saming wrocht, propallet, and performet and … in quhat maner thei will aparall and byg the saming [tolbooth]
