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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hirsling, vbl. n. [f. Hirsell n. Also in the later dial. as hirselling.] The separating of sheep into separate flocks or ‘hirsels’. —1540 Exch. R. XVII. 296.
Pro eorum laboribus circa tonsuram ovium domini regis et lie hirsling
