Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†PILL, n.1 Obs. Sc. form of Eng. peel, a baker's oven-shovel.Mry. 1708 E. D. Dunbar Social Life (1865) 212:
A baken table, with a pill, colraik, and maiden.