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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CAWL, n. A cabbage leaf.Sc. 1771 T. Pennant Tour in Scot. 1769 162:
Pedlars carrying cheese, butter, and meal; the last in goat-skin bags; the butter lapped in “cawls,” or leaves of the broad alga or tang.