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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1684
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Retche. [?] Some sort of fish. —1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. ii iii App. 37.
Catalogum piscium … qui in regionibus Scotiae … reperiuntur: … rush-fish, … retche, … pillock [etc.]
