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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1641
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(Schot doctor,) Shote doctor. [? Cf. S(c)hot n.4, later Sc. shott an inferior animal, later usu. a sheep.] ? Someone who attended to sick or dying animals. — 1641 Household Bk. M. Stewart 46.
To John Erskine to bye a cok to fight … To John Erskine to give the shote doctor when he putt downe his cok, 3 sh. 4 d.
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