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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1612

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Stub-eel, n. [e.m.E. stubbe elis, stub eeles (both Rates Custom Ho. 1545 and 1582).] Some sort of eel. —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 304.
Fishes called … Eelis … stub eelis the barrell xxviii li.

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