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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*(Hors-,) Horse-mussil, n. [e.m.E. horse-mussle (Bacon, 1626), there after appar. only Sc. Common in the mod. dial.] A large freshwater mussel. —? c 1639 Sc. Ant. II. 132.
In the two riuers of Dee and Done. .there is also a maruelous kynd of schellfishe called the horse mussill of a great quantitie, wherein ar engendered. . pearles
