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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alom, Allom, Allum, n. Also: alome, allome, allowme, allume; allame. See also Alme. [ME. alom, alum (c 1350), e.m.E. allom(e, allum(e, OF. alum, L. alūmen.] Alum.14.. Acts I. 305/2 (peper, comyn, alom); Ib. (a poket of alom). 1474 Acta Aud. 31/1 (j cark of alum). 1499 Halyb. 181 (a cark of allom). 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. 201 (saip, steill, allum). 1569 Edinb. Test. I. 337 (fifte four stane allowme). 1578 Ib. VI. 111 (ten pund of allame). 1612 Bk. Rates 287 (allome rough). 1672 Acts VIII. App. 23/2 (makeinge of alome); 1695 Ib. IX. 420/1 (allom).attrib. 1568 Edinb. Test. I. 119 b.
Ane puncheoun of alome bark

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