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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1597-1645
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Quoyach, n. Var. of Quoyok, with altered ending: cf. Quyach and Quyok n. Also mod. Shetl. dial. quoyach. Also comb. —1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Colpindach.
Colpindach, ane ȝoung beast, or kow, of the age of an or twa ȝeires, quhilk now is called an cowdach, or quoyach 1645 Shetland Witch Trial in Hibbert Shetland Islands 597.
And desyrit a quoyach cow of his of four ȝeir old to hyre
