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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Distellatioun, Destel-, n. [Var. of Distillatioun.] A defluxion. — a 1570 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 652/1.
The des[t]elatioun that fell out of hir heid to hir lychtis 1582 Coll. Aberd. & B. 353.
Ane … diseais in his ene proceiding be ane distellatioun out of the heid
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