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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Drop wecht, Drap wecht, n. Also: drope weicht (weycht), droip weght; drap weycht (veycht), drape weight. [Drop n. 4.] One sixteenth of an ounce.(a) 1554 Treas. Acc. X. 232.
For fyve unce and half ane droip weght of gold of mynd 1582 Treas. Acc. MS. 92.
Ane vnce, thre drop wecht, blak silk 1596 Ib. 66 b.
Tua vnces, xiiij drope weycht, of silk cordanis 1600 Crim. Trials II. i. 238.
Fyve vnces and tua dropwecht of siluer pasmentis 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. 166 b.
Tua siluir persell gilt canes weyand xxj vnce four dropwecht 1648 Peebles B. Rec. 382.
All weyand ane pund tuo ounces and ellevine drope weicht of silver(b) 1590 Thanes of Cawdor 198.
For ane drap veycht of silk 1592 Ib. 214.
Ane drap wecht off blak silk 1631 Stirling B. Rec. I. 166.
Aucht bellis, weyand in the haill aucht unce and nyne drape weight 1640–1 Misc. Spald. C. V. 156.
For tua drap wecht slek [= silk] to help the mortclothes