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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mure-, Muir-ill, n. Also: mwrehill. A disease of cattle, ‘which makes them stale blood’ (Jam.). Also attrib. with -grass. 1556 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 29 Oct.
That na faltis flesch lyk lunsoucht, lowen ill, mure ill or mysell bakin be brow[ch]t to this merkett
1574 Glasgow B. Rec. (M.C.) 16.
Tueching the deid flesche of the mwrehill presentit to the mercate
a1605 Montg. Flyt. 313 (T).
The mair, the migram, the mureill, the melt
1586 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 14 Oct. 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 14.
Scho haifing ane seik kow that tuik the muirill in the Halyairdis
16.. Abercrummie in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 4.
A small neglected spring … famous for its vertue in curing cowes that are taken with the mure ill
attrib. 1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 78.
In boggs, mosses and soft grounds, ros solis (the country people call it muirill-grass, and give it to their cattel to drink against the disease, call'd the muir-ill)

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