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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1545
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Scuttall hoill. (Cf. Scuttall,n., also 17th c. Eng. scuttle-hole a small hatchway on a ship. Also in the later Sc. dial. as scuter hole, and in the mod. dial. as scuttle hole (1920) a hole in the ground into which refuse water, slops, etc. are poured, a drain (see SND, s.v. Scuttle n. 2). Cf. also later Sc. scuttal, in the same sense (1804).) — 1545 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I 424.
Contract … tweching ane scuttall hoill in his kechene for clenging of his manse
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