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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1595, 1698-1699
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Mule, Mooll, v.2 [f. Mule n.5; also in the mod. dial. as muil, mool, (north-eastern) meel, meal.] a. tr. To crumble (in). b. intr. To mooll in with (another), ‘to share food with’, ‘to eat out of the same dish as’; fig. to associate intimately with, to fraternise with. — 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Intero, to mule in a1699 Kirkton's Address in Bk. Pasquils (1827) i. 23.
Als weill became so good and holy brothers, We did not stick to mooll in with each others
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