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Quotation dates: 1823-1834, 1913
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†DEPARTAL, Departel, n. Departure; also in phr. to take one's departal, to die. Rare. [də′pɑrtəl]Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail I. xi.:
When my father took his departal to a better world.Ayr. 1834 Galt Lit. Life III. 119:
After the departal of that lanerly man.Ayr. 1913 J. Service Memorables xxix.:
When they had got in their diplomas, and were aboot to tak' their departel.
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