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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1512-1513
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(Scutch,) Skwich, v.1 [Cf. e.m.E. and late ME scocchen (c1412), scotche (1562) to cut, score, gash. Cf. also Scutchv.2 See also Scoging vbl. n.] tr. To trim, or dress, by or as by cutting. — 1512–13 Treasurer's Accounts IV 473.
To the wrychtis … that helpit to skwich the ij greit geistis to mak plankis of for the Margret in drynksiluer
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