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(Scules,) Skuills, n. pl. (Cf. Norw. dial. skjol, skjøl, Icel. skjal. Cf. also mod. Sc. dial. Skule n.1, freq. pl., ‘an inflammatory disease affecting the gums and palate of a horse’ (SND).) — 1695 Foulis Acc. Bk. 176.
To the smith … for shoes and removes to the broun horse and cutting him of the skuills
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