A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Post-office, n. [e.m.E. (1652).] The (local) establishment from which postal business (see Post n.2, etc.) was conducted. Also letter-post-office, Letter n. 9 a. — 1677 Aberd. Council Lett. VI 119.
By the abusses off the post office heir [in Aberdeen] in ther exorbitant pryces of forrayne letters and in miscariadge of letters 1681 Ib. 270.
I have bein inquyring att the post office heir [in Edinburgh] but they keep no register of letters to quhom directed 1689 Cramond Cullen Ann. 62 (see Post n.2 2 (1)).
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Post-office n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 4 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/post_office>
