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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: 1531-1532
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Spelkin nale. [Spelk v. and Nail n. 2.] A wooden pin. — 1531–2 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 110.
For xii spelkin nalis to the traist hedis of the burdis in the litill hall quhilk wer brokin … ii s.
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