A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1623
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Ballok, n. Also: bollok, bellok, pl. bellox. [ME. balloke (a 1400), ballok, -uk, balluc, OE. bealluc.] A testicle.a1500 Henr. III. 152/75 (bayth the bellox of ane brok). c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 119 (thow hes na breik to latt thy bollokis [B. bellokis] gyngill). 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4324 (baith my balloks). a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xxxvi. 104 (thy ballokis hingis throw thy breik). 1623 Falkirk Par. Rec. I. 38.
He being … upone the Hie Streit byeing ane bollok from the fleschers
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