Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FLOSK, n. The cuttle-fish, Sepia loligo (Abd. 1815 J. Arbuthnot Fishes 57).
[Prob. a variant of flask, from the resemblance of the animal in its shell to a powder flask. For the rounding of the vowel on Abd. coast, cf. P.L.D. § 133.]
