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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Darle, n. [Of obscure origin. Surviving in later dial., also in form dorle.] A small piece or portion. —1653 Rep. Hist. MSS., Var. Coll. V. 157.
Your tennents … bring in that proportion of the stipend in harles and darles, and some pays not at all
