A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Angil-, Angleberry, n. [Related to E. anbury. Still current in n. Eng. dial.] A fleshy excrescence on horses, cattle, or sheep. —a1605 Montg. Flyt. 300.
Ourgane with angilberreis [v.r. angleberries] as thow growis auld