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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clof, Cloif, n.¹ Also: clowe. [Of obscure origin.] A certain weight of iron. 1428 Ayr Burgh Ct. Bk. MS.
For a clof off irn to the wys [of the kirk] xvj d. Item viij d. for the wyrkyn off it 1506 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 27 b.
j clowe ferri, j lowmp preter 1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXI. 85.
Ane cloif of irn, price xiij s. iiij d. 1579 Edinb. Test. VII. 109 b.
Thair wes awand … for … xxix clowis & for ane half clowe irne the soum of xiij l. xvj s. iiij d. 1613 Ib. XLVII. 301 b.
Tua hundreth xx cloif irne at ten schillingis the cloif