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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Claische, n. [Gael. clais a furrow, gutter, ditch.] A natural ditch. —1458 Liber Aberbr. 104.
Fra thyne to … the Yallow Pwlle, and swa up the claische, that is to say, the reyske, haldand eist to the corsstane
