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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CULL, n.1 “A lump of hard food” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 154). [kʌl]Ib. 132:
Pedlars . . . complain often to gude wives that they are drowthy, which means, if they have any food to spare in the pantry, they will not cast out with a cull or piece of it.

[Prob. extension of Eng. dial. cull, an inferior article (E.D.D.), from Eng. cull, to choose, Fr. cuellir.]

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