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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584
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Smittel(l, adj. [MSw. smittol; Smit v. Also in later north. Eng. and Sc. dials.] Liable to taint or infect. — 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv 760.
Thair wald this halie bischope byde, Saying, forsuith, it was not smittell [v.r. smittel]
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