A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Parlie-,) Parlyhill, n. [17th c. Anglo-Irish (1664) id.] ? A hill or mound where meetings were held to discuss local affairs or to settle local disputes. —1641 Culross I. 196.
Those who stand in the kirkyard or parlyhill discoursing and talking when God's word is reading in the kirk shall be delated to the session
