A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1550
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Bonk, n. [ME. bonk, bonke, var. of Bank n.1] A bank.Only in poetry, after English models. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 54.
The beriall stremis rynning … By bonkis grene c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 96.
Ewiry blome … on bonk [: donk] Opnyt 1513 Doug. vii. xii. 83.
All the large feildis, bonk and bus 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 62.
The beyn bonkis a1550 Tayis B. 101.
Of birdis bay on bonk and breir a1550 Ib. 108.
I … did in a bonk abyd
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