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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Russell,) Russle, n. [Late ME russall (1450) a reddish thing or animal, OF russel (OED), roussel (13th c. Tobler-Lommatzsch in Larousse) reddish, red-haired, also (of a pear, etc.) red in colour. Also in this sense in the later and mod. Sc. dial.] The red currant. —a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1734.
Ye cast up the seur russle
