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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1602-1650

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Billiet, Billȝett, n. [F. billet ticket, etc.; also late ME. and e.m.E. billet.] a. A (communion) card. b. A billeting order. —1602 Colville Parænese 117.
In sum places be vsit (for marques to inter to thair table) billȝetts of stampit paper or kardes 1650 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 82.
The schouldioris quarterit within the toune according to the schouldioris billiets

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