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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pull, n. [ME and e.m.E. pul(l, e.m.E. poull (1588), some kind of draw-net (c1303), a turn or bout in wrestling etc. (c1330), an act of plucking, pulling or drawing (Prompt. Parv.).] a. An act of plucking, a tug. b. transf. A draught of liquid. —a1500 K. Hart 492.
Than fresche Delyte come rynnand … And with ane pull gat Ȝouthheid be the sleif 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 135.
He giveth them the first of the cup … His people get an easy pull of it

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