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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1632
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(Oil-,) Oill-, Ole-olive, n. Also: oyle- and -olyve, -oleve. [ME. (north.) olei olive (1309), e.m.E. oyle olif (1469), olyve (1535), oyl-olive (1673), 16th c. F. huylle olive. Cf. also Olȝe-olive.] Olive oil. = Oil-dolive. 1513 Doug. vi. iii. 134 (Ruddim.) [see Oil-dolive n. (a)].
Oil oleue 1558 Treasurer's Accounts X. 401.
For ole olive 1578 Edinburgh Testaments VI. 86.
Certane oill olive 1598 Ib. XXXI. 350 b.
Four pyntis of oyle oliue at xxij s. the pynt 1610 Hilderstoun Silver Mines II. 101.
For oyleolyue to oyle his maiesteis wey balkis 1632 Edinburgh Testaments LVI. 25.
Twa pigis of oyle olive
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