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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶SWAILSH, n. Also swelsh. “A part of a mountain that slopes much, or any part on the face of a hill which is not so steep as the rest” (Slk. 1825 Jam.). [swelʃ]Slk. 1823 Blackwood's Mag. (Feb.) 177:
The lown side of a green hill, or the beildy swelsh of a gersy heuch.