A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Strubill,) Strowbill, adj. [? Var. of Trubil(l adj., by analogy with Strubill v.] Troublesome, disruptive. —c1475 Wall. vii 138.
Curage that … In strowbill wer thou sall conteyne full lang
