REFERENCE
NOUNS
1532 ► a marginal reference to a passage in a book → QUOTATION → obs.
1600 ► a marginal reference; a note → QUOTE → obs.
20C ► one’s references, as regards employment → CHARACTERS → colloq.
VERBS
1387 ► to mark a book with numbers (as of chapters, etc.), or with marginal references to other passages or works → QUOTE → obs. rare
1574 ► to give the reference to a passage in a book by specifying the page, chapter, etc. where it is to be found → QUOTE → obs.
Lexicophilia 