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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SQUALL, n.1 Also squal; ¶squail (Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 96), swaall (Sh. 1916 J. Burgess Rasmie's Smaa Murr Iktober 1). Sc. forms and usage: a row, disturbance, quarrel. Also in Eng. dial.Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 19:
Keep out o' ilka squall aye.
Lnk. 1816 G. Muir Minstrelsy 55:
Kickin' up sic awfu' squalls.
Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 69:
In raisin' and in reddin' squals [they] Met wi' their death.

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