Word of the Day: SCOIL

ETYMOLOGY
– local variant of squeal

EXAMPLE
“…And to ilk bellow, roust, and roar,
He lustily cried out, encore!
Till echo, for ten miles around,
Did the horrid scoil resound
…”

From: The Life, Letters and Poems of George Beattie, of Montrose, 1882
John O’ Arnha”. A Tale

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