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Quotation dates: 1881
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†DODGILL REEPAN, Dodjell reepan, n. comb. The marsh orchis, O. latifolia (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 174; Gall.3 c.1867); the roots of which were used in a love potion.Sc. 1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby vii.:
It's Meg he thinks to gie a drink o' the Dodgill Reepan to, is't?
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