A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1579-1595
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Moul, Mowl(l, n. [Late ME. mowlle (15th c.): cf. Mule n.3 Common in the mod. dial. as moul, mool, a chilblain, esp. on the heel.] In plur.: Chilblains; ? chiefly, chilblains on the heels. — c1500 Rowll Cursing 65.
The mowlis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxviii. 19.
Knowll tais nor mowlis in no degrie 1579 Despauter (1579).
Pernio, the mowllis 1587 Carmichael Etym. 16. 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Pernio, the mowles in the heels
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