A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bevell, n. [Of obscure origin; found also in later dialect.] A staggering blow. —1603 Philotus cxxxiv.
Thow sall beir mee a beuell, For with my neiues I sall the nauell
