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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pinicill. Var. of Pinsell n.2 a, or perh. of Pencil(l n. a. —1596 Dalr. I. 54/8.
Quhen now we … haue sett doune … the boundes of hail Scotland, we sal do diligence … with a pinicill nocht vnlyke, to drawe the iles lying thairto
