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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quaggallat, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. and ME coagulat(e (Chaucer): cf. Coagulat v. in Additions and Corrections, vol. 1.] Coagulated, clotted. —1664 Rec. of Old Tolbooth in Bk. Old Edinb. C. V 115.
With a great quaggallat bloode lying vpon the tarsse and mitta tarse
