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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1476-1673
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Term(e)ly, -(i)e, adv. Also: termlye, tearmly. [e.m.E. termly (1598).] At each term (Term(e n. 1 or 2), regularly term by term. 1476 Acts Lords Auditors 54/1.
James sal … pay … at Mertimes … tene merkis & at Witsonday therefter tene merkis & sa furthe termely ilk terme tene merkis 1482 Bamff Chart. 31.
Termly twenti markis at twa termys yherly 1490 Acts Lords of Council I 151/2.
x merkis termely ȝere in ȝere 1500 Reg. Morton II 256.
Termlie 1506 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I 205.
Termelie 1513 Perth Guildry 484 (11 May).
At thai sall termlie within xl dais efter ilk terme mak compleit payment to the thesaurar … of all maillis of the saidis myllis 1531 Fam. Rose 201.
Termlye 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 132.
Termle 1572 Protocol Book of T. Lindsay 53a.
To pay … at thre termis folloving … and sua thaireftir termelie 1606 Highland P. III 86.
Termele c1633 Red Bk. Menteith II 56.
If the said interest be not termly payed [etc.] ?a1640 Copie of a Baron's Court 17.
The roomes are rental'd to so high avail, The tenants termly cannot pay their hail 1650 Glasgow Wrights Acts 9.
The collector … sall mak his accomptis quarterlie or termlie 1654 Wemyss in Sc. Diaries 126.
Every man hes termly of bountae 4 li. 7 s. Scots 1673 Rothesay B. Rec. 317.
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