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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1614
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Chinnell, n. [Northern Eng. dial. chinnel, chennel, channel; the latter is the nsual Sc. form.] Gravel. — 1614 Stirling B. Rec. I. 136.
For mending of the kingis gaitt … that all inhabitantes … leid ilk ane xx laidis of red & chinnell out of sic pairtis … quhair it may commodiouslie be had
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