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Quotation dates: 1661
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(Rudegelt,) Rudgelt, n. [Cf. MDu. roedegelt the price paid for gauging the amount of wine in a container. Cf. Rude n.2] A measure (of wine). — 1661 The Work Goes Bonnely On 8.
Six brewster wives … are to run … to the top of Arthur-Seat for a … rudgelt of Dunkel aquavitae, and a rumpkine of Brunswick mum for the second
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