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Quotation dates: 1513
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To-sparpil(l, To-sparpyl(l, To-sparpel(l, v. [To- prefix2 and Sparpal(l v.] tr. To scatter utterly. — 1513 Doug. x vii 165.
The thikast sop or rowt of al the pres, … Thys Lawsus alto sparpillyt [Sm. to sparpyllit, Ruddim. to sparpellit] and invadys
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