A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quadriennial, adj. [e.m.E. adj. (1656), n. = a period of four years (a1646), f. L. quadriennium id.] Lasting for four years. (See Quadriennium utile.)