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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499
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(Walkstaff,) Wakstaff, n. [Walk v.1 and Staf(f n.] A staff used to alert the town watchmen, applied to the person using it. — 14.. Acts I 37/2.
Of ilke house wythin the burgh … thar sal ane wachman be haldyn to cum furth quhen that the wakstaff [L. qui cum baculus vigilie circumierit] gais fra dure to dure
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