Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCULE, n. Also skule (s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.), sküle (Sh. 1901 T. P. Ollason Mareel 63), skull (Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 26). Sc. forms of Eng. school, a shoal of fish (Sc. 1803 Scott Minstrelsy III. 356).
