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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Gowl, n.2 [Recorded in later Sc., and common in Eng. dialects as gool, goul.] The corn-marigold. — a1568 Scott xiv. 15.
Espy richt so how far the rosy gowlis [: fowlis] Passis the wallowit weidis
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