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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RULLION, n. A kind of ornamentation in silver-work.Sc. 1707 Invent. Royal Wardrobe (1815) App. 339:
Antique Medusa's heads and rullion foliages. . . . Betwixt each statue arises a rullion in forme of a dolphine, very distinct.
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