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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: 1620-1665
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Castock, n. [Late ME. caustocke (1495), earlier calstok, calestok, f. Cale n.] The stalk of a kale-plant. — c1620 Boyd Zion's Flowers 72.
The killings, herrings, castocks 1665 Cromarty Corr. I. 13.
The throwing of stones or castocks by the rable
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