† voiln.
Cant. Obsolete. rare.
A town.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun]
boroughc893
towneOE
portOE
city?c1225
bourg1536
burgh1798
voil1821
nagar1921
1821 Life D. Haggart (ed. 2) 67 The whole voil was in an uproar.
1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Voil, a town.
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