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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Spirol, n. [Obs. F. spirole (Littré).] ? A kind of cannon. —1653 Urquhart Rabelais i xlvii 209.
Long pieces of artillery called basilisks, and smaller sized ones, known by the name of spirols
