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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1466-1467, 1608-1642
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Stapill, Staple, Steple, v. [Stapil(l n.2 Cf. e.m.E. staple (1472-3).] tr. a. Of a merchant: To be obliged to export (goods) through the staple port, to enjoy the rights and privileges attending this. b. Of merchandise: ? To be exported through the staple port. c. transf. Of servants, etc.: To be contracted to a master. d. transf. Of materials: To be given into the possession of. —a. 1467 Acts II 87/2 (see Stapil(l n.2 1 (1)). —b. 1466 Acts II 87/2.
And al staple gudis to remane & to staple and pas to na merkatis —c. 1608 Inverurie 192.
That all servands being vagabonds, and no wayis stapillit and fied to maisters [etc.] —d. 1642 Aberd. B. Rec. III 277.
The samen hous to be … demolishit, and the timber and daills thairof to be carried to … the shoir … , and thair laid doun and steplit to the behove of the said Willeame Scott
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