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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Alme, v. [From Alme,n. Cf. mod.E. alum (1791).] tr. To cure with alum. (See also Almit ppl. a.)1607 Dundee B. Laws 410.
That na maister … alme ony skynes in ony vther hous nor in ane frie maisteris hous 1658 Elgin Rec. I. 305.
It is agreed … that skiners … may also buy wooll skines … and sell the wooll and alme the skines

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