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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1474-1596
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Hommil(l, adj. Also: hommyll, homil, homyll. [LG. hommel, hummel, a hornless animal, hummelbock, a hornless goat.] a. Of cattle: Hornless. b. Of grain: Awnless. c. Of a person: (?)More frequently in later use in the form Hummill. See also Hamill adj.a. 1524 Wigtown B. Ct. 160 b.
Ane blak homyll kow 1531 Bell. Boece II. 164.
Quhen uncouth ky fechtis amang thaimself, gif ane of thaim happenis to be slane, … the kow that is homill [M. hommyll] sall beir the wyte 1533 Boece x. xi. 373.
Gif ony in the feild be homyll, scho salbe jugeit the slayare 1596 Dalr. I. 123/7.
The beist that is hommil … judge giltie of the slachtirb. 1474 Acts Lords Auditors 35/2.
vij chalder of hommyll corn 1504 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 98.
Be auld consuetude the half watter bol of quheit and ry contenis xlviij pynttis; sua cummis the watter chalder of homyll corne to xviij bollisc. 1554–5 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 133.
Ane greit gebet … to haif hangit hommill Jok on
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