A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Batell, n. ? —1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 346.
For ane batell to set the said William to be heidit, becaws of his hurt he mycht not sit upon his kneis
