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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1847
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¶JEEL, adj. Aphetic form of Eng. agile.Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 262:
We gaed frae hame baith jeel an' young, came back baith stiff an' auld.