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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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Bak-clathis, n. pl. [ME. bakclothis (14th c.).] Wearing apparel. —1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 356.
Scho left … hir haill bak claythis … to be equallie deuydit betuixt hir tua dochteris c1650 Spalding I. 53. (In 17th c. Anglicized as back cloaths or cloths.)
Wanting … bed claithis and [with] few bak claithis

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