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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1626-1627
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Coksaill, n. [Cok n. 3.] The vane of a weathercock. —1626–7 Peebles B. Rec. 414.
For mending of the coksaill quhen the wind blewe it doine
