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: 1534-1611
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Blind nale, naill, n. Also: blynd-, blend-. [Blind a.] ? A blunt nail. 1534–5 Master of Works Accounts III. 17 b.
vjc blynd gyron nale; … jm iijxx blynd mullour nale 1564–5 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 203.
For ane hunder blind naill 1582 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 121.
iiijc blynd naillis at xxx d. the c. 1590 Ib. 378.
Thre gros hunderth blyn dur naill to thir said skelfis 1611 Master of Works Accounts IX. 5 b.
xxx blend nailles for nailling ane brod
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