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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Ourscailit, -scalit, -skalit, p.p. [Scail v.] ? Scattered over, sprinkled. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 26 (Ch. & M.).
The purpur hevyn our scailit [B. ourskalit, M. ourscalit] in silvir sloppis
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