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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1675-1685
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(Pokkit,) Pocket, -ed, adj. [Pok n.] Infected with pocks. a. Of a sheep: see Pok n. 3 (and Poke n. 4). b. = Pok(k)ische adj. — 1675 Melrose Reg. Rec. II 414.
All [sheep] except the forsaid pocket hoge 1685 Hector Renfrewshire Rec. II 140.
Calling of me … ane pocked Glasgow whoor & rounden notorious thief
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