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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1685

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(Soil,) Soyle, v. [e.m.E. soyle (1593) to manure.] fig. To improve, tend. —1685 Skene Mem. Burghs 90.
It were a desireable thing in Scotland to see every town to improve their situation, and soyle their rivers, lochs, trades, arts & engines … by industrie

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