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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Heill, n. (?). —1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 106.
Bot the seiknes. .wes turnit into a. .madnes in sic sorte that scho. .pressit. .to clim vp the wall efter the heillis and scrapit the wall with hir handis
