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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dog hillock, n. (?) —1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 191.
He suld … tak thrie rugges off ane dog hillack [and] fesch heime to hir 1604 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 39.
Scho tuke ane grene dog hillok and laid the ane halff thairof aboue the dur, and tuke the vther halff and pot it vnder the gantries
