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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Foulnes, Fulnes, n. [ME. foulnes, fowlenes(se (late 14th c.).] a. Foulness, filth. b. Foul means. — a1400 Leg. S. x. 482.
Nane for fulnes wald cum hyme nere 1578 Inverness B. Rec. I. 264.
The fylthie foulines [sic] called the glangoir 1596 Dalr. I. 150/11.
Quhilke had beine … [n]evir subduet till ony framet natione, be fairnes ather be foulnes
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