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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wharl, n. (Var. of Quhorle n.) —1675 Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 19.
There is a little rivolet, which so turns holly into a greenish stone, that they ordinarily make moulds of it … and women their round wharls for spinning
