† scaliern.
Obsolete.
A staircase.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun]
stairc1000
grece1382
grecingc1400
pairc1450
slip1480
pair, flight of stairs1556
scale1592
staircase1624
scalier1652
dancers1667
flight1703
stairway1767
apple(s) and pears1857
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 120 A private passage, which led them to a Lanterne Scalier.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. liii. 235 In the midst there was a wonderful scalier or winding-staire.
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