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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bowcaill, -kaill, n. Also: boll-. [f. bow Boll n.2 (?), Cale n.] Cabbage. Also attrib. with plant, seid, stok. 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 370.
Ane pund bowcail seid
1544 Elgin Rec. I. 80.
Gilbert Kemp vas acquit of the claym of lvi s. of bow caill
15.. Berdok 6.
The grit kin[g] of Babilon, Berdok, That dwelt in symmer in till ane bowkaill stok
1601 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 226.
Selling and transporting of bow kaill and vtheris vivars outwith the towne
1661 Lanark B. Rec. 187.
Jonnet Wessie [to stand] during the said tym with ane bow kaill stock [on her back]
1681 Foulis Acc. Bk. 75.
To Robert Rorie, gardiner, to buy … 1000 bowcail plants
1689 Reg. Privy C. XIV. 559.
Anent the … threttie thousand bowkaill which might have bein sold at four shilling per hundred
1691 Corshill Baron Ct. 185.
The … destroying of his boll and reid kaill

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