A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1512, 1614-1616
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Bale, Baill, n.3 Also: bael, baell, bail, bayll, beale. [ME. bale (14th c.), OF. bale, MFlem. bale, med. L. bala. See also Ball n.2] A bale.14.. Acts I. 305/2.
Of karkys or balys of peper … or vther syk thyng at the entre nocht, bot of ilk bale at the furth passyng four peniis 1498 Halyb. 178.
A bayll madir 1511–2 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 334.
Ane baill of almondis 1614 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 252.
Tua baelis of canuess 1616 Ib. 266.
Ane baell of papir
