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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BAWLY, n. See quot.Ayr. 1876 Trans. Highl. Soc. 133:
One [cow] with large patches of white, a “bawly”, being a corruption of the term “piebald.”
[The form is a dim. See also D, letter, 4.]
