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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1810
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†GULL, n.3 In dry-stane dyking (see Dry, adj.): one of the stones between the bands (see Band, n.1, 1. (9)) and the coping.Gall. 1810 S. Smith Agric. Gall. 87, Note:
The stones immediately above the bands, (termed gulls) are so dressed as to lie solid upon them without being supported by small stones or pinnings. The locked top is formed of stones not less than ten inches long, so dressed and laid that one cannot be removed without injuring the rest. Where the stones will not admit of dressing, the locked top is dispensed with.
