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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: 1535-1568, 1623

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Blind, Blynd, n.1 [Du. blind, G. blinde.] A spritsail.1535 Stewart 289.
Tha buklit bowsplatis for to beir the blind
1535 Ib. 683.
Tha salit fast that tyme befoir the wynd With fuksaill, topsaill, manesall, musall, and blynd
a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi. 30.
Haill on the fukscheit and the blind
? 1623 Bannatyne MS 210 b.
Cast lous the fuksheit, the bonnet and the blind

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