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Quotation dates: 1812
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NASK, n. A tether of birch withes for tying cattle in a stall. Gael. See also Ask, n.4, id.Cai. 1812 J. Henderson Agric. Cai. 41:
The tenants . . . paid so many nasks (binders made by birch twigs), to secure the laird's cattle in the byre.
