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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cole, Colle, n.2 [OF. cole, colle, variants of colre, L. cholera. Cf. Chaude-cole.] Bile, bilious humour. —1456 Hay II. 131/28.
All thing that war gude to purge colis, that is melancholy Ib. 139/9.
Wateris of pulis … engenderis evill collis Ib. 141/34.
The colis that is callit black colle

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