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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1540
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Hirsling, vbl. n. [f. Hirsell n. Also in the later dial. as hirselling.] The separating of sheep into separate flocks or ‘hirsels’. — 1540 Exchequer Rolls XVII. 296.
Pro eorum laboribus circa tonsuram ovium domini regis et lie hirsling
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