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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Moal(e, n. [Appar var., with -ld > -l, of Mold n.; cf also Mule n.5] The earth of the grave or of a buried corpse. — 1628 A. Baillie in Cath. Tr. 273/30.
Their more then Turkish ingratitud towards their natiue princes … who sturred not to let horses dung on their moales 1685 Hay Fleming Six Saints I. 113.
Many shall be buried unstraighted, and moals shall be the winding-sheet of many that look life-like in that day
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