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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Regall, n. [e.m.E. regale (? tri-syllabic) ‘a ciment whereby gold is purged’ (1650), F. régale f. as Regalia.] — 16.. Alchem. MSS V.
When all is cold ȝe sall find in the bottome of ȝour [crucible] being broken of fyn regall [ounces] ij iff ȝe have wroght weill
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