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Quotation dates: 1529-1698
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Quar(r)el(l)-mell, Querrell-mell, n. [Late north. ME qwharrellmell (1472).] A large sledge-hammer for use in quarries.(a) 1529 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 2.
In the eiking and layng of ii quarell mellis 1530 Ib. 53.
For half ane stane maid irne werk ekit to ane quarrell mell 1616 Edinburgh Testaments XLIX 196.
Ane quarrell mell and the halff of ane quarrell mell 1653 Ib. LXVIa 40.
A meikle quarrell mell 1661 Glasgow B. Rec. II 471. 1674 Sheriffhall Coal Accompt 16 May.
Wm. Mitchell a quarell mell weying 1 ston 1684 Fawside Coal Compt 127. 1698 Foulis Acc. Bk. 229.
Inventur of quarrell graith, a great quarrell mell, … 2 gavelocks [etc.](b) 1550 Treasurer's Accounts IX 416.
To Allane Hammiltoun to the querrell mellis v li. steill1569 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 74. 1571 Misc. Spald. C. II 78.
Ane querrell mell
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