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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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Band, n.3 [Late ME. bande, F. bande.] A hat-band or headband. —1478 Acta Aud. 67/1.
A kirtill of blew gray, a hat and a band of the sammyn
c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 60.
Ane hundreth ladyes … In kirtillis grene, withoutyn kell or bandis

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