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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶UNSLOUGH, v. To uncase, strip something of its outer covering. See Sloch, n.1ne.Sc. a.1725 Habbyac on A. Ramsay 5:
Bat Death! How durst thou be sae baul, To take poor Allan by the Spaul, An then unslough his Rhiming Saul.
