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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
‡VOALER, n. Also voler (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 226, 1908 Jak. (1928)). In sea-taboo usage, a cat (Sh. 1825 Jam., 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore, 1914 Angus Gl.). Dim. voaleri (Sh. 1968 Sc. Poetry 3 51). Also comb. voaler's-crammacks, = cat's crammacks, see Kram, n. (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.), goat-hair clouds. [′volər]
[Agent n. from Norw. dial. våla, to bawl, howl, Icel. vola, O.N. vála, to wail, sc. ‘the caterwauler'.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Voaler n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 30 Jun 2022 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/voaler>
