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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1598
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Cam(m)ok, Cammock, n. Also: kammock. [e.m.E. camok(e, cam(m)ock, ME. cambok(e, late L. cambuca.] A curved or crooked staff or stick. Also attrib. with staff, tree. 1533 Boece ix. xi. 313 b.
Sanct Colme … held his richt hand on the kingis hede, in the left halding his cammok staff a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lix. 35.
My bak, that sum tyme brent hes bene, Now cruikis lyk ane camok tre a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) No. 148
Airlie crooks the tree, that good cammok [MS No. 134: kammock] should be
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