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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375
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Stapillhand, adj. [Stapil(l n.2 and Hand n.] Of the sort or ? authority (cf. Hand n. 2 b) of a staple (Stapil(l n.2 2). — 1351–2 Reg. Episc. Brechin. II 380.
Ane inchibitioun for halding off mercats of stapillhand at Brechine and Fordoune … ex parte nostra firmiter inhibentes nequis de cetero apud Brechyne de lana, coriis aut pellibus lanatis aut apud Fordoune … de quibuscunque rebus venalibus nobis magnam vel paruam custumam debentibus, fora aliqualiter teneat [etc.] … vel illuc premissa emendo vel venendo accessum habeat
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