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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1597
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Nut-, Nutegal(l, n. [e.m.E. nutgall (1646).] A gall of the gall-wasp, an oak-gall, chiefly used for making the dyestuff nut-gall. — 1570 Edinburgh Testaments II. 74 b.
Foure dosane of nutegallis price of the dosane xx s. 1579 Despauter (1579).
Galla, ane nute gall [v.rr. nut gall] 1580 Skeyne Descr. Well 19.
Take a little of a nutgal, bruise it in pieces [etc.] 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 119 b. 1597 Bk. Rates 8.
Nut gallis
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