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Quotation dates: 1667
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Rousing cadge. [Cf. 18th c. Eng. rousing (1706), also Arrouse v. and Cag n. a keg.] A tub in which the preliminary salting of herring is done. — 1667 Edinburgh Testaments LXXIII 107b.
In the Harrin Barne … ane old pype cage twa rousing cadges with ane hering mett
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