Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GOULS, n.pl. ? A misprint for bouls, a Sc. form of Eng. bowels, or a variant of Gowl, n.2, 4.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 26:
Whan ony o' them turn'd Whigs, they were put on a four neuked thing, like a yarn winnle blades, and rave a' their gouls sindry till they turn'd Papists again.
