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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FORE-HELMAN, n. A kind of sheep-mark. Cf. Fore-halve.Ork. 1939 Orcadian (15 June):
Mairic Ellan heud oot her left han' an' sade, “A fore-helman in that lug.”