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‡MONIEFAULD, n. Also monyfa(u)ld. The third stomach of a ruminant (Abd. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 203, monifalds). See Monieplies, id., and cf. dial. Eng. manifold, id. In pl., the intestines (Ags. 1963).Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 163:
John Young and John Auld Strove about the moniefald.Abd. 1913 C. Murray Hamewith 88:
He sweels their monyfaulds awa' Wi' wauchts fae gory quaichs.
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