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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1830-1879
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GRAIVEL, n. Also †grevvel. Sc. forms of Eng. gravel (Ags. c.1907: Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1923–26 Wilson; ‡ne.Sc., Ags. 1955).
Hence adj. graivelly. [′grevəl]Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1856) III. 32:
Afore ye can get quit o' the loam, and jingle wi' your pick again the grevvel.Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie III. v.:
I thoucht I was doon in an awfu' kin' o' a weet bog, wi' dry graivelly-like hills a' aboot it.
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