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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1549-1591
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Pintill fi(s)ch. [Pintil(l n. Also in the later dial. of Fife (1718 in SND, s.v. Pintle n. 2).] The sand-eel. — 1591 Rec. Earld. Orkney 318.
Four casseis of coklis witht tau hundretht pintill fiches callit spowtis, in augmentation of the rentall ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 75.
Thair is gottin [dylie] verie abundant of [werey grate] pintill fisch at ebb seais
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