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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1567, 1662
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(Quarrey-hole,) Quar(r)ie-hole, -holl, n. = Quar(r)el(l)-hole. — 1567 Criminal Trials I i 499.
Fourteen fals keys … quhilk the deponar … keist in the quarie-hole betwix the abbay and Leith 1662 Reg. Great S. 103/1.
Passing the quarrie hollis at the west [in Spynie, Moray-shire]
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