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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Girsill, -sel(l, n.2 [Northern ME. girstelle (c 1450), var. gristelle, gristil, OE. gristle.] Gristle. —1574 Acts III. 87/1.
Gif thay happin to be convicted … [they are] to be scurgeit and burnt throw the girssill of the rycht eare 1602 Crim. Trials II. 388.
He.woundit him with the said rung … and brak the girsell of his neise
