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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1657
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(Stule,) Stoole, v. [e.m.E. stole (1545), stool (1682); Stul(e n.] To provide a support for a millstone (Stul(e n. 4 b.) —1657 Lamont Diary 102.
Two great elme tries for to stoole the said mille