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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Schaply, adj. Also: -lye; schaiplie. [ME shaply (Chaucer), late ME (c1440) and e.m.E. shapely. Cf. OE gesceaplíce adv. = fitly.] Well made; well formed; of good shape. Also quasi-adv. in schaply maid. —c1420 Wynt. iv 219.
Apon a cowrsoure … he sat … In tyll a gowne ewyn schaply wyde [W. a sariot schapin wyde] 1513 Doug. xiii iii 128.
Thy fair vissage … Thy plesand forret schaply [Ruddim. schaiplie] and eyn cleir —1513 Doug. vi xv 38.
A far ȝong galland, Rycht schaply [Ruddim. schaplye] maid
