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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gormaw, n. [f. Maw n. with obscure initial element. Current in later (19th c.) northern Eng. dialect.] The cormorant. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 77.
The golk, the gormaw, and the gled 1624 Peebles B. Rec. 365.
He said … that they [sc. the provost and baillies] war ane cumpanie of gredie gormawis
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