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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1585
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Caul, n. [Gaelic caol.] A narrow or strait. — 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV. 17.
Hering and quhyte fische to be tane … within Loch Lung, Lochgoile, and certane uthiris lochis, caulis, brais, schoris and granis thairof
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