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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Isill, n. [ME. isyl, isel, ysel, also (midl.) usel, OE. ysel, ysle. Common, in various forms and precise senses, in mod. Sc. and north. and midl. Eng. dialects.] An ember. Pl. — 1513 Doug. x. i. 135.
Had not bene bettir thame … Had syttin still amang the assys canld And lattyr isillys of thar kynd cuntre?
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