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Quotation dates: 1598-1612
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Hullok, n. [e.m.E. hollocke (1576), hallocke, Sp. haloque, now aloque.] A Spanish red wine. — 1598 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 176.
Thrie quartis of the best wyne, tovit, hullok and wyne tent 1610 Brechin Testaments II. 70.
Ane pyip hullok wyne 1612 Halyb. App. 335.
Wynes … Sackes, Canaries, Malagas, … Hullokis [etc.]
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