A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1594-1699
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(Rummager,) Rumiger, Romeser, n. [e.m.E. romeger one who arranges cargo in a ship (1544).] — 1594–5 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 5a.
For berd to the romeser, xv s. 16.. Admir. Ct. Form 65
Rumiger (see Rummage n).
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