A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1599
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Nocturnall, a. [e.m.E. nocturnal (Caxton), -all(e, obs. F. nocturnal. -nel, late L. nocturnālis.] a. Of the night. b. Of an animal: That is active during the night. —a. 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 23.
The twynklyng stremowris of the orient … Persand the sabill barmkyn nocturnall c1552 Lynd. Mon. 146.
Phebus … Quhose donke impurpurit vestiment nocturnall … He lefte in tyll his regioun aurorall —b. 1587-99 Hume 25/17.
Bot euerie bais'd nocturnall beast Na langer may abide
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