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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590-1626
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Cantarides, n. pl. [e.m.E. and ME. variant of cantharides.] Spanish flies. — 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 311 b.
Ten vnce cantarides 1598 Ib. XXXI. 351.
Ane pund of cantaridas 1626 Ib. LIII. 242.
Ane pund wecht cantarides
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