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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1664-1665
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Semble, n.2. [Of doubtful origin; also in the later dial. of Selkirkshire, and cf. sellum and selvedge in the same sense in Peeblesshire; all 19th c. in Jam. MSS X 283. Cf. also north. e.m.E. selme (1591), and mod. north. Eng. dial. selm, sellem ‘a bar of a gate’ (OED s.v. Selm).] The parapet of a bridge. — 1664–5 Peebles B. Rec. II 205.
For tuentie-foure load of stones fetching from the High Kirk to the semble of the bridge, £1 4 s.
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