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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Grass maill, Grase meale, n. [Gras n.] = Gres maill. — 1651–2 Peebles B. Rec. II. 191.
Grase meale resavit be me 1663 Stitchill Baron Ct. 28.
The haill tenants … are decerned to pay … their grassmaill dewly 1666 Ayr & W. Coll. IV. 70.
The sowme of ffoure ponds scotts, grassmaill
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