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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Barrowfull, n. [Late ME. barowfull (c 1485).] The fill of a barrow. —1575 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. II. 385.
Fyve hundred barrowfull of stanis led to the west kirk dyik