A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1550-1693
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Proportionall, Proporcionall, adj. [e.m.E. proportional(l adj. (1561), also ME proporcionel noun (c1386), L. prōportiōnālis. Cf. F. proportionnel.] a. That is in (due) proportion; corresponding in degree, size or amount. b. ? Intervallic (cf. Proportio(u)n(e n. 3). But perh. merely a special application of a above. —a. 1593 Warrender P. (S.H.S.) II 203.
God … indewit yow with compassioun and pitie proportionall thairunto 1616 Aberd. Council Lett. I 142.
Be a proportionall subsidie on the haill shyre 1666 Edinb. B. Rec. X 18.
For 300 fyre locks and 300 muskets with a proportionall powder and match 1693 Argaty Baron Ct. 16 Dec.
The haill tennentis to theike thair proportionallis partis of the mylne yeirlie —b. c1550-c1580 Art of Music 46.
Sympill contrapunct … is the art of declynyng of cantable soundis for proporcionall dimension and mesur of tym
