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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1620-1700+
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Spleit(t, Spleat. (?) — 1620 Edinburgh Testaments L 353.
Ten vnce … weycht silwer and gold spangellis and dyis with spleit at vj lib. the vnce weycht 1622 Edinburgh Testaments LI 322.
xj prines of spleitt at iii s. the pirne 1667–1711 Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers 153.
Item, spleat in tryal of the last 400 musquetts, 24
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