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Schokle, Sheckle, n. [Reduced f. Ice-schok(k)il n.] Only in schokle of ice, an icicle. —1596 Dalr. I 46/19.
First in thay ryde into this riuer … to thow the pypes and schokles of yce, frosin vpon thame 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 208.
The ground wes full of ronns, or sheckles of yce
