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Quotation dates: 1683
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Skellach, n. [Var. of Skaldock n. Also in the later dialect.] Charlock, wild mustard. —1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 106.
I forgot … to acquaint you of the herbs that molest our corn in their growth; but we are not troubled with any, except the skellach or wild mustard