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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Skinnit,) Skynnit, ppl. adj. [Late ME skynned (c1400); Skin n. 2.] (Black-)skinned; with skin of a particular hue. — a1578 Pitsc. I 63/24.
[She] was callit blak Annas be ressone scho was blak skynnit

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