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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1896

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SKULT, n.2 A defile, a gorge.Ags. 1896 J. Stirton Thrums 81:
The skult (skulk) and the cairn of stones bears [sic] a twofold aspect. The skult itself (i.e. the defile in the mountain) is where Lord Airlie and all his followers lay in ambush.

[Gael. sgolt, cleft, split, rent, surviving as a place-name. The author has assumed confusion with skulk.]

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