A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cryll, n. [Later Eng. & Sc. dial. Creil, crile. Cf. Croyll.] A dwarfish creature. —a1605 Montg. Flyt. 295 (H).
That crooked cramschohe cryll
