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: 1488, 1576-1606
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Blanket, Blankat, Blancat, a. [Var. of Bloncat, Blonkit, assimilated in form to Blanket,n.; in some instances perh. an attrib. use of this.] Grey or bluishgrey in colour. Also blanket blew.(1) 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 164.
x elne and j quartar of blanket caresay to be hos to thame 1576 Edinburgh Testaments IV. 277 b.
Tua stane & ane half stane of blancat ȝarne 1606 Ib. XLII. 220.
Sex elnes … of blew blankat claytht(2) 1585 Edinb. Test XIV. 229 b.
xxx elnis of blancatt blew 1586 Ib. XV. 364 b.
Sevin pund weycht of blanket blew woll 1597 Ib. XXXI. 104.
Tuelf elnes of blanket blew
