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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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Stoytene-sale, n. [e.m.E. studding-sayle (a1618), studin-sayle (1661), stutting sail (1687); Sail(l n.1] A small additional sail extended on a boom beyond the side of a mainsail in order to derive the maximum advantage from a favourable wind. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 42/7.
For mair speid the galliasse pat furtht hir stoytene salis, ande ane hundretht aris on euerye syde
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