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Quotation dates: 1563
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(Sampler,) Sempleir, n. [Cf. mod. Eng. sampler (1778).] ? An officer who took samples (Sampil(l n. 2 a) of imported goods. — 1563 Old Dundee I 193.
That the eight tuns desyrit be the queen's grace be deliverit furth of all the ships … as the sempleir pleases receive
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