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Oull, Owl(l, n. [sc. var. of woul(l Woll n.: cf. also ME. wlle-loke thistledown (Wyclif) and ool in the mod. Eng. dial. of Glos. and Shropsh. Cf. also Oue.For the loss of initial w-, cf. Ouk.]

Wool. Also attrib. 1447 Old Dundee I. 104.
Of ilk serplare of oull and skynns 1666 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 166.
Twa stone of oull 1669 Conv. Burghs III. 615.
All that is made of oull [etc.] 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 361.
A twilt of harne stroped with oull 1693 Dundee B. Laws 560.
Either lining or woulling yearn or oull 1702 Seafield Corr. 353.
That both the oull and wadars may be goodattrib. 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 362.
3 pair of oull fyning combs, … 3 lint wheills, 2 oull wheills Ib. 364.
7 pair of oull sheirs — 1627 Orkney Rentals iii. 56.
Payand … owl teind, boit teind, lamb teind Ib. 87.
The owll teind