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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ro(t)che, n. [? Shortened form of Rotchet n. See also Ra(t)ch(e n.] 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 147.
There was in hir … thre or foure last of powder, some crosletis, and roches of small ordinance 1575 Dumfries B. Ct. 25 Oct.
Twa rocheis of daggis … price xx s. 1576 Edinb. Test. IV 261. c1578 Maxwell Mem. I 311.
Ane pistolatt with twa roches 1595–6 Reg. Privy C. V 274.
[No fire-arms shall be made … except such … as shall be at least of the length of half an ell and half a quarter in the] roche Ib.
Rotche1597–8 Ib. 438.
[No firearms to be made] except sic peceis as salbe of the lenth of ane elne in the rotche at the leist