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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bab, n. [Northern ME. bab (15th c.), var. of Babe n.] A babe or baby. c1500-c1512 Dunb. iv. 27.
That … tyrand Takis on the moderis breist sowkand The bab, full of benignite
1513 Doug. viii. v: 24.
A bab in creddill
Ib. x. ii. 20.
Gyf we … till ane bab commyt the batellis charge
a1568 Scott xv. 23.
Kissing … my bab, my tendir bird
1560 Rolland Seven S. 55/32; Ib. 56/1; etc.
Besyde this bab, quhilk in the creddill lay
1567 Sat. P. iv. 183.
I leif … My bab and childe vnder the Counsallis cuire
1596 Dalr. I. 344/18.
Spairing nather women or babs
1606 Edinb. Test. XLII. 65 b.
For the weall of Johnne Levingstoun, his oy and bab
1626 Garden Worthies 159.
New born babs they brain'd

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