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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1532, 1665
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Gadman, n. [Gad n. 2.] One who drives oxen with a goad. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 2228.
Sa happinnit him … to follow furth his feir Unto the pleuch, bot his gadman and he 1515 Treasurer's Accounts V. 29.
To xij cartaris and xviij cartis … and ix gadmen, … careand the artalȝery … to Striveling 1532 Ib. VI. 157.
To the gadman that callit the oxin 1665 Edinburgh Testaments LXXII. 24.
George Duncan, gadman
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