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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1579
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Kyle, attrib. or a.1 (Uncertain; Kyle, the district of Ayrshire, seems one possibility.) — 1579 Edinburgh Testaments VII. 294 b.
Of thrie yeir auld nolt, … sex kyle nolt of the same eild price of the pece l s.
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