A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Piling, vbl. n. [Pile v.] The inner coat (of the nutmeg); (its) aril. —a1606 Dioscoridis Annot. 45 b.
The nut mugg tree, the piling quhairof as maces
