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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1722, 1813-1819, 1996
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†UNHOOL, v. To disembody; to frighten. Phr. to unhool someone's saul, to frighten the life out of someone. See Huil, II. 2.Sc. 1722 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 24:
And syne appear'd a stalwart Ghaist, Whase stern and angry Looks amaist Unhool'd their sauls.Rnf. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 116:
Unhool'd was Hughie's vera saul.Ayr. 1819 Kilmarnock Mirror 133:
The upshot o' the awsome sights they'll get, 'll ding some o' them deleerit, or maybe even — unhool their sauls.Dundee 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 8:
hero or cuddie
the fishwifes blaw
yet the chanterin rair
o the cronies in the stand
sall no him unhool
sall naethin him daunt
