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Quotation dates: 1940
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‡FORSKAL, n. Also fa(r)skal. A porch (Ork. 1929 Marw.); †“a rough lean-to erection in front of a house, to shelter the door from the wind” (Cai.3 1942, farskal); a straw mat hung up to serve as a screen (Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 71). Cf. Flackie, 3. [Ork. ′fɔrskəl, Cai. ′fɑr-]Cai. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl. (1 March):
Gang oot tae 'e farskal for ma haevy o' lempads.
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