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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SEAL, n.2 Sc. usages in combs.: 1. seal-fish, a seal, the sea mammal, Phoca. Obs. in Eng. in 17th c.; 2. seal-skitter, the jellyfish, Medusa (Cai. 1911). See Skitter and cf. Sea, Combs. 27. For the Sc. form see Selch.1. Rnf. 1773 Dmf. Weekly Mag. (29 June) 95:
Seal fish in particular are hovering about here [Gourock] in great numbers.
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"Seal n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 23 Nov 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/seal_n2>
