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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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Stayles, adj. [e.m.E. staylesse (c1572); Stay n.3] Unstable, not dependable. —c1590 Fowler I 64/173.
O trustles stay! O stayles fayithe of all our chanse and lott
