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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1700+
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Heckleback, n. [f. heckle Hekkil n.; cf. Eng. hackle (1655), the stickleback.] The fifteen-spined or sea stickleback. — a1710 Sibbald Fife 128 (J).
Aculeatus marinus longus, … our fishers call it the Stronachie or Heckleback
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