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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOOLOCH, n. A deep, roaring, rumbling noise, e.g. a fall of heavy stones, as on a hillside, an avalanche (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 275), the roaring of a waterfall (Per. 1957). Cf. hurloch s.v. Hurl, n.¹Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 192:
What hoolochs down ye clantering reel'd, At ae gude prize.