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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1559-1560, 1616-1629, 1700+
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Boddom, Bodom, v. [f. Boddom,n. So e.m.E. bottomyng (1526).] tr. To provide with a (new) bottom. 1559–60 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 336.
For boddoming of ane bukat, vjd 1616 Master of Works Accounts XV. 6.
For bodduming of the foir well buket 1629 Ib. XXIV. 10 b.
To ane wricht for bodoming bedis 1705 Foulis Acc. Bk. 382.
For bodoming and sawing 2 new washing tubs
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