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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Doukand,) Dowkand, ppl. a. [f. Douk,v.] Diving. —1533 Boece xii. ii. 457 b.
The tvme schippis … brokin and sonkin … ar namyt Drownlowe, quhilk may signifie the dowkand bankis or hillis
