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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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Gouf, n. [Var. of Golf n.2] A whirlpool. —1596 Dalr. I. 59/4.
Amang thir ilis … ar mony quick sandis … and gret goufes [L. charybdes] ful of perrellous and deip dangeris
