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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jorg, appar. var. of Gorge v. (to become choked up). —1666 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 84.
Divers persones … who hes … killes narrest the said syre, castis in stra, … quhilk stops the passage of the water … and jorgs wp so that filth and myre is made to be sein in the gutters [infra, to the effect the passage of the watter be nocht gorged or impeided]
