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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1692
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Spinal, adj. [e.m.E. spinall (1578), late L. spinalis, F. spinale (1534 in Larousse).] Of or pertaining to the spine. —1692 Caldwell P. I 92.
The spinal bon head hath never been restor'd intirly, quhich will make her [sc. Margret Polick] sensible all her days of a weakness in a descent