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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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(Olȝe-,) Oly-, Ulȝe-doly(e, n. [Cf.Oil-doly and Olȝe-olive.] Olive oil. — 1535 Ayr Common Good Acc.
For vlȝe doly to the knok vj d. 15.. Sc. Hist. Rev. IX. 450 (see Olȝe n. 1(a)).
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