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turskill
turskill Sc. dial. [var. of tuskar, prob. after Gael. tairisgil.] A kind of spade for cutting peat.1812 J. Henderson Agric. Surv. Caithn. xv. 234 When the peat-moss is not more than from one to two feet deep, the peat is cut perpendicularly, by a spade, called a turskill. Oxford English Dictionary
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tuskar
tuskar (ˈtʌskə(r)) Also tusker; tuysker, twiscar. [ad. ON. torfskeri (Fær. torvskeri), f. torf turf + skera to cut, shear. Hence also Sc. Gael. toirsgein (-sgian, assimilated to sgian knife), tairisgein, tairisgil (cf. turskill).] An implement for cutting peats used in Orkney and Shetland: see quots... Oxford English Dictionary
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