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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1662
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(Squall,) Skoyll, v. [17th c. Eng. squall (a1631).] To make a loud, discordant noise, to roar, bellow. — 1662 Criminal Trials III 611.
Great bullis rowtting and skoylling ther, at the entrie, quhilk feared me
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