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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCORLINS, n.pl. The seaweed, Chorda filum (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre 12).Arg. c.1850 Flory Loynachan in Colville 114:
Though scorlins warpled my thowl pins, My shallop would reach thee.