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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1825, 1907
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ASK, n.4 A chain for fastening cattle in the stall; the stake to which they are fastened. The second sense seems now to be obs. [ask]†Cai. 1825 Jam.2:
The stake to which a cow is bound, by rope or chain, in the cow-house.Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 64:
The chain by which a cow is bound in the cow-house.
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