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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DAW, n.4 “A cake of cow's dung, baked with coal-dross, and, when dried in the sun, used by the poor for fuel” (Fif. 1825 Jam.2).
[Cf. Norw. dall, a hard lump, and Dall, n.2]
