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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1531, 1597-1605, 1683
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Huill, Hull, n. Also: huil, hool(e. [ME. hoole, hole, hull, OE. hulu. In later Sc. as hool. See Pese n. attrib.] A hull or husk. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxxv.
Quhen the peple passis … to scheir thir aitis, they find nocht bot tume hullisfig. a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxviii. 18.
Hope micht skar, if they come nar, And fray ane hairt perhaps out of his huill a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 19 b.
There is little sap in dry peis hooles 1683 Sinclair Nat. Phil. 4.
The husk or hool of the mouse-pea (as we call it)
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