Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PEEL-SHOT, n. A disease of cattle, dysentery, diarrhoea (Fif. 1825 Jam.).
[For the second element cf. Elf-Shot. The first element is obscure.]