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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Trampill, -ell, Trample, v. [ME and e.m.E. trample(n (Wyclif), trampel(yn (Prompt. Parv.), trampell (1530), frequentative of Tramp v.1] tr. To crush or destroy by treading on or under fute. Also fig. —1617 Crim. Trials III 587.
Thay will vtterlie trampill vnder fute ȝour natioun … and will cut ȝour throttis with ȝour awin suorde a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 328.
Men, being in the dark, … were … made to juffle with, and trample one upon another —fig. 1638 Hamilton P. (Camden Soc.) 3.
They combined … to resist and trampell under futt … royall authoritie … and refyusis … to pay that deutie
