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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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UNHALESOME, adj. Also unhailsome; oonheelsome (Sh.). Sc. form of Eng. unwholesome. See Hailsome, adj.Sc. 1881 Stevenson Thrawn Janet:
The het, unhalesome weather.m.Sc. 1982 Douglas Fraser in Hamish Brown Poems of the Scottish Hills 8:
At
mean pursuits, while reek pollutes
The grey,
unhailsome lift.
But whiles I see afore my
ee
A vision of the glens:
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