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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1660
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Inskell, n. [Also in later dialect (of Kincardineshire) as inscale.] The heck or rack at the lower end of a fishing cruive. = Hek n. 2, 2 b. —1660 Aberd. Council Lett. IV. No. 133.
If any thing be moved in Parliament against the narrownes of the haiks and inskells of the cruiffe fishings
