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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1684
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Hirling, n. [In the later Solway dial. as hirling, herling.] A local name for the fish Salmo albus. — 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii. vi. 24.
Trachurus. Hunc esse suspicor qui Dumfrisiensibus nostris hirling dicitur
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