A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1616
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Rekand, Reikand, ppl. adj. [ME rekand (c1400), OE recende; Rek(e v.1 Cf. Reking ppl. adj.] a. Emitting smoke; burning. b. Reikand house = reke hous, s.v. Rek(e n.1 5 a. —a. 1513 Doug. iii viii 131.
The blak laithly smoke … rekand as the pyk 1513 Ib. ix ii 94.
Euery man the rekand schydis in feir Rent fra the fyris 1513 Ib. x i 102.
I thé beseik of Troy by the rewyne By that subuersioun rekand [etc.] —b. 1616 Inverurie 200.
That … ane out of everie reikand house come and convene at sex hours the morn
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