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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sillub, Syllab(e, n. [? Altered f. e.m.E. solybubbe (c1537), sillabub (1598) a sillabub.] ? A potion. — 1584 Sempill in Sat. P. xlv 386.
Scho hes resavit a buike, For ony herb … It will instruct hir how to tak it; In sawis and sillubs how to mak it 1661 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I 12.
Methods of sorcery … as charms, syllabs [etc.] 1684 Law Memor. 126.
Other symbols and tokens whereby he works, sic as … spells, syllabes, and charms