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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1506-1539, 1598-1661

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Angill, Angell, n. Also: anguel. [ME. angel, aungel, (OF. angle, L. angulus.] An angle, a corner. Also attrib. in angle-house.1506 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 152 (fife silouris with anglis as efferis). 1531 Bell. Boece II. 410 (on ane angill of Spanȝe). 1538–9 Master of Works Accounts VI. 25 (in the sowth angill of the tour). 1661 Nicoll Diary 321 (at the severall angellis of that trie).attrib. 1598 Marischal Coll. Rec. I. 97 (the gryit anguel hous). 1640 Ib. 242 (an anglehous at the shore).

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