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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lug, n.3 [e.m.E. lugg (1602), of doubtful origin.] A lug, the sand-worm. — 1662–3 Pittenweem Ann. 87.
Actit that she will not again cast lug in the harbour 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 100.
They also make use of a worm, called lug, digged out of the sands, at low water 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii. 34.
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