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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1539-1586
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Mull, Mwl(l, n. [Cf. Norw. dial. mule the mouth or lips of a beast (Aasen), ON. múle muzzle, snout, MLG. mule, the mouth of a beast, and mod. Shetl., Orkney and Caithness and north. Eng. dial. mull(s) the lip(s), muzzle etc. of an animal.] ? The lips of an animal; applied to the labia of the vulva. — a1568 Kennedy Bannatyne MS 268 a/20.
Frely to gife I wald nocht lett To pleis tha mullis [M. mwlis] attour all thingis a1570-86 Dunb. Maitland Folio MS cxxxvi. 34.
Suppois hir mwlls mistiris ane leiche Ȝit can scho not lat demyng be a1540 Freiris Berw. 142 (B).
Thir mvllis of ȝouris ar callit to ane feist
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