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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1835
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BULLING, vbl.n. See quot. and cf. Bull-shot.Abd. 1835 Trans. Highl. Soc. 64:
Bulling . . . consists in filling up with gunpowder any of the natural clefts or rents in the rock, or any larger fissures which may make their appearance after blasting in the close vicinity.
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