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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Smolet, Smollat, n. (? Erron. for molet, otherwise unrecorded diminutive of Mull n. The mouth or lips of an animal, recorded only in transf. use of the labia, by wrong division of smake smolet or ? altered var. of Smolt n. in the sense, small, weedy person (recorded only, however, in this sense, in the later dial.), applied to the penis (a usage not otherwise recorded, but not unlikely in the context). There are considerable phonological and semantic difficulties with either reading.) — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 113 (Ch. & M.).
Quhen the smy one me smyrkis with his smake smolet [M. smollat] He fepillis like a farcy aver that flyrit one a gillot