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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1845-1868
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OCHIL, prop.n. In pl. with def. art.: the name of a range of hills, stretching between the valleys of the Forth and Tay through Stirling-, Perth-, and Clackmannanshires, used attrib. in combs.: 1. Ochil doddie, one of the Aberdeen-Angus breed of cattle. See Doddie, n., 1.; 2. Ochil eye, a name for a kind of pebble found in the Ochil Hills; 3. Ochil frandie, see Frandie. [′o:xɪl]1. Per. 1868 Trans. Highl. Soc. 172:
Next to them the Ochil doddie (a deep-barrelled animal) is much liked by feeders.2. Slg. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 VIII. 178:
The onyx and other pebbles have long been known and worked into ornaments, and the Ochil Eye pebble is peculiar to this range of hills.
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