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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1692
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Dowl, v. [f. dowel Doull n.] tr. To fasten with dowels. —1692 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 153.
That all casks be made of weell seasoned knaple … , the heads of them dowlled